What If Rome Never Fell Essay
What if Rome Never Fell? Rome, the eternal city. The center of the civilized world at the time. It held one of the best Army and Navy in its era. It created one of the most important language in the history of man, and were masters at building. With such Accomplishments, how can a Civilization this grand and accomplished become demolished? And if this Civilization never had fallen, how would the ancient and modern world be changed? But one thing if for certain, if Rome never had fallen, Human development would have been more advanced than it is today. The fall of Rome was not imminent. It took many decades for it to completely disintegrate. What started the decline of Rome was the end of the "Pax Romana"; a 200 year era of peace in the Roman empire. A contributing factor to the end of the Pax Romana was when larger cities grew in population giving more power them while leaving smaller towns powerless. Poisonous lead pipes in the cities of Rome caused brain damage to many citizens of Rome and agriculture was slowed by a
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significant amount during the decline as well. This caused a large gap between the rich and poor and made the lower class grow steadily. Disease also ran rampant (especially in the poorest parts of cities) and killed many people. But the final blow to the Roman
Empire was the sack of Rome. This was essentially the most critical point in the demise of Rome. Because of Attila the Hun pushing into Europe, Germanic tribes, (such as the visigoths and the vandals) were pushed into Roman territory. In March of 409, tribes sieged Rome for a full year until Rome surrendered in March of 410. "The sack of Rome by the Visigoths under Alaric I in 410 should be seen as one episode in the final stages of the disintegration of the united empire" (Jegen). After the siege, the invaders sacked Rome and took everything of value and killed soldiers and government officials, which sealed the fate of the Western Roman Empire. Because of this occurring, knowledge in library was lost and had to be relearned throughout centuries of scholars. Although there has been some agricultural advances, most other advancements, such as medical, had to be relearned. Though out the Dark Ages, education was rare and most people were uneducated farmers or warriors. The educated and upper class was very few, while the lower and uneducated farmers was the bulk of the population. Catholicism from the Roman empire had survived and was greatly influential in the Dark Ages and on. Rome would have had to over come many hardships in order to survive, but the main one that the empire would have had to over come would be fighting the Germanic tribes.
In this timeline of history, the Huns never tried to invade modern day Germany, so therefore the tribes stayed in Germania and never sacked Rome. Also, the Pax Romana had never ended; so the trigger of the fall of Rome never happened. Rome would have kept increasing the areas of control. These years of expansion would cause Rome to expand into modern day Germany. This would increase the size and the population in the cities in the northern areas of the empire such as Germania, Gaul, and in the British isles. Because of these areas being in Roman rule, countries such as Germany, France, and England would have never developed. In these new areas that Germanic tribes still consider home, attacks would become more common than usual and possibly create a ethic hate for the
tribes. This outcome of history would have had major impacts on the culture and history is this was the outcome. If Rome never had fallen and had stayed in power, Dark Ages would have never existed and society would have made more advancements in those years. As for culture, Roman architecture and clothing such as togas and even the language of Latin would have lived longer and be seen in more areas than today. County wouldn't have developed, and latin would be the language would be the predominant tongue in Europe. If the Roman Empire had never fallen, than we would have much more advancements in sciences. Because Romans made many contributions to the medical field, there is a possibility that many diseases would be cured in soon than in normal history. The Romans were also advanced in the art of war, trying to find new tactics and weapons so if Rome had contact with China, guns may have been made sooner than usual. It is easy to see that Rome would helped the advancement of the human race with the science. For the advancement in the human race, the alternative way of Rome never falling would be ideal for this scenario. But morally its the opposite, if you see what Rome does to people how don't comply with the law, its very horrendous, as well as slaves. There is two different perspectives one can look at it from. Rome was a very advanced empire with many contributions to the human race. If it would have been around longer and overcome all odds, then the human race would be more advanced than it is today. Because of the abandoned cities of Rome, with knowledge gone to waste, traveling back in time with privative forms of government for much of the Dark Ages, a large increase in illiteracy, and medical techniques forgotten, the world would have much more technology than it does today.
significant amount during the decline as well. This caused a large gap between the rich and poor and made the lower class grow steadily. Disease also ran rampant (especially in the poorest parts of cities) and killed many people. But the final blow to the Roman
Empire was the sack of Rome. This was essentially the most critical point in the demise of Rome. Because of Attila the Hun pushing into Europe, Germanic tribes, (such as the visigoths and the vandals) were pushed into Roman territory. In March of 409, tribes sieged Rome for a full year until Rome surrendered in March of 410. "The sack of Rome by the Visigoths under Alaric I in 410 should be seen as one episode in the final stages of the disintegration of the united empire" (Jegen). After the siege, the invaders sacked Rome and took everything of value and killed soldiers and government officials, which sealed the fate of the Western Roman Empire. Because of this occurring, knowledge in library was lost and had to be relearned throughout centuries of scholars. Although there has been some agricultural advances, most other advancements, such as medical, had to be relearned. Though out the Dark Ages, education was rare and most people were uneducated farmers or warriors. The educated and upper class was very few, while the lower and uneducated farmers was the bulk of the population. Catholicism from the Roman empire had survived and was greatly influential in the Dark Ages and on. Rome would have had to over come many hardships in order to survive, but the main one that the empire would have had to over come would be fighting the Germanic tribes.
In this timeline of history, the Huns never tried to invade modern day Germany, so therefore the tribes stayed in Germania and never sacked Rome. Also, the Pax Romana had never ended; so the trigger of the fall of Rome never happened. Rome would have kept increasing the areas of control. These years of expansion would cause Rome to expand into modern day Germany. This would increase the size and the population in the cities in the northern areas of the empire such as Germania, Gaul, and in the British isles. Because of these areas being in Roman rule, countries such as Germany, France, and England would have never developed. In these new areas that Germanic tribes still consider home, attacks would become more common than usual and possibly create a ethic hate for the
tribes. This outcome of history would have had major impacts on the culture and history is this was the outcome. If Rome never had fallen and had stayed in power, Dark Ages would have never existed and society would have made more advancements in those years. As for culture, Roman architecture and clothing such as togas and even the language of Latin would have lived longer and be seen in more areas than today. County wouldn't have developed, and latin would be the language would be the predominant tongue in Europe. If the Roman Empire had never fallen, than we would have much more advancements in sciences. Because Romans made many contributions to the medical field, there is a possibility that many diseases would be cured in soon than in normal history. The Romans were also advanced in the art of war, trying to find new tactics and weapons so if Rome had contact with China, guns may have been made sooner than usual. It is easy to see that Rome would helped the advancement of the human race with the science. For the advancement in the human race, the alternative way of Rome never falling would be ideal for this scenario. But morally its the opposite, if you see what Rome does to people how don't comply with the law, its very horrendous, as well as slaves. There is two different perspectives one can look at it from. Rome was a very advanced empire with many contributions to the human race. If it would have been around longer and overcome all odds, then the human race would be more advanced than it is today. Because of the abandoned cities of Rome, with knowledge gone to waste, traveling back in time with privative forms of government for much of the Dark Ages, a large increase in illiteracy, and medical techniques forgotten, the world would have much more technology than it does today.