of The Western Roman Empire The Roman Empire gave the world many fascinating things. Rome gave the world Christianity‚ which is now the world’s largest religion. The Romans also gave the world their language. The Romans spoke Latin‚ which is the base for most languages used today. Many of these languages include English‚ Spanish‚ Italian‚ French‚ and Portuguese. This leads the reader to question‚ "If Rome was such a powerful empire‚ then what led to the decline of the Roman Empire?" The
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The Roman military was the first successful professional full time military‚ which was partly because the Roman generals paid an immense attention to detail. “Roman generals paid close attention to camp layouts‚ soldier’s equipment and most crucially‚ logistics. Often it was a the details that gave the Romans the edge‚ the depth of a ditch dug around a camp or having a warm breakfast before a battle were all considerations made by Roman commanders” (“The Roman Military”). Legionaries typically
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Messianic prophecy of Isaiah 59:17. A Roman Soldier was known as a legionary. There were also other Roman Soldiers called auxiliaries who included the Roman Cavalry. Roman Soldiers came from all over the Roman Empire. Their job was to defend Rome and fight to conquer new lands to add to the Roman Empire. Roman Soldiers‚ once they joined the Roman Army had to serve for twenty-five years. Roman Soldiers served in a unit known as a century. If a Roman Soldier was promoted to be the leader
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On Roman Military Matters‚ commonly referred to as De Re Militari‚ by Flavius Vegetius Renatus is essentially a field manual focusing on Roman military organization and how to field an army in a time of war. Vegetius discusses not only the development of the Roman soldier‚ from recruitment to final training‚ but also the organization‚ weaponry‚ strategy and tactics employed by the Romans legions. Though Vegetius‚ through evidence‚ had no military background or experience‚ and it is unclear on what
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Foley Class. 111.3 (08) Though there are varied dates as to the time that the Roman Republic stood‚ it is agreed upon as lasting approximately 500 years. During the last century of its existence (133 BC -27 BC) there were the many violent years of The Civil Wars and much social strife. Though the end result of these final years of the res publica was the adoption of an Emperor and the birth of the Roman Empire‚ the focus of this paper will be the presentation of the nature of tensions
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auxiliary in the Roman Army in Macedonia where he then deserted the army and was outlawed‚ captured and sold into slavery. He was then purchased by Lentulus Batiatus and trained at a gladiatorial college in Capua. In 73 BC Spartacus‚ along with 80 other gladiators fled the college to Mount Vesuvius‚ where he was joined by a large number of other slaves who were motivated by his courage to join him and help him fight against the Roman nobility. In the course of two years Spartacus and his armies defeated
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Reasons for the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire The Roman Empire was the most powerful empire prior to the middle ages. It is considered to have fallen in 476‚ when Rome’s last emperor was disposed of. Many Theories have been presented as to why it fell‚ from decline in morals and social policies to a mass lead poisoning. The real cause of the fall of the Roman Empire though‚ is political corruption and a failing economy due to over spending and over expansion on the military. The political
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and secondary evidence explaining the contrast between the weapons and warfare of two ancient armies which are the Roman army between 133 BCE and 63 BCE and the Chinese army during the Han and Qin dynasties. These two ancient armies are some of the most well known due to their advanced weapons and effective war tactics. I will firstly be talking about the Romans and how they became such a dominant army with there weapons and warfare tactics and then I will be talking about the Chinese and how they
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Why was the Roman army so successful? The Romans were probably the most successful empire ever. However what made them such a driving force was the power and organization behind the fearsome legions of the Romans. To most people the Roman army just seems like a normal army that you hear about. Well it is much more that that‚ there are a lot of reasons why they are as successful as they were. Here are some of them: weaponry‚ equipment‚ organisation‚ discipline training and its tactics. Some
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The decline of the Roman and Han empires was caused by a number of events such as social unrest‚ problems with the government‚ and a decline in military which made them vulnerable to any number of events that could occur. The Han dynasty over time regrew into various forms‚ while the downfall of the Roman Empire was never followed by the regrowth of the Roman civilization. The Roman Empire and Han China were once thriving civilizations‚ one reason for the collapse of both was social unrest
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