merchants. No one regarded them as anything more than that. Over time‚ Carthage became very powerful and was a great trading city. Eventually‚ Carthage was the strongest city in the Mediterranean area before they were conquered by Rome. “The Carthaginian Republic then was one of the longest-lived and largest states in the ancient Mediterranean”. 1 Carthage had many strengths. They used these strengths for their benefit in the three Punic Wars they fought against Rome. A strength that Carthage had was their
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The Roman army was an awesome force‚ their size and power wouldn’t be matched for over a thousand years after the fall of the Roman Empire. The Romans believed they were the decedents of Mars; Mars was believed to be the god of war. This essentially made all romans the children of the God of war. The Roman army started small just farmers and land owners fighting for what was theirs or trying to take over new land because theirs had become un farmable. This group of framer/citizen warriors over
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comes such another‚” addressed wise Marc Antony to the manipulated Roman citizens. (Foote and Perkins‚ 678 –683). During 509 BC to AD 27‚ Rome was a republic where its citizens elected leaders by voting for senators (people from upper class or patricians). On the other hand an emperor had total power or dictatorship since he controlled the Roman society (different groups of people from the wealthiest to the most poor). As the Roman society was divided into various groups‚ not all had similar rights
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Roman Empire and Mongolian Empire The key to the Mongolian success lied in their excellent horsemanship‚ their use of the composite bow‚ their unimaginable discipline and communication on the battlefield and also their ability to adapt to enemy tactics. The Mongolian invasion of China often makes it sound as though these nomadic people did not have much of a battle plan‚ however it is the exact opposite according to (Conant‚ 1994) “Genghis Khan was a very cautious man‚ and would study the towns
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The wars of expansion had a massive effect on Rome and its citizens. The most obvious were the increased role of the senate‚ the influx of wealth that arrived in Rome and the introduction of Hellenism. It is believed that these changes were not just the beginnings of the downfall of the republic‚ but of the entire Roman Empire. Indeed‚ Sallust‚ writing in the first century BC states that although "every land and sea lay open to her. It was then that fortune turned unkind and confounded all her enterprises
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The Roman Empire was perhaps one of the greatest and strongest empires to ever exist. It lasted for many centuries and was very prestigious as well as powerful. Although Rome is possibly the greatest empire ever‚ its mighty stature crumbled to the ground. Although there are many people who think that Rome just collapsed overnight‚ the reality is that the Fall of the Roman Empire was a long slow process over many years that snowballed into the eventual collapse that we know of today. There are many
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4 Life in the ancient Greco-Roman civilisation Reference Notes (A) Introduction to the ancient Greco-Roman civilisation ✦ ✦ ✦ The ancient Greco-Roman civilisation was the first civilisation to appear in Europe and was called the Cradle of Western Civilisation. It developed from the civilisation of the Aegean region around 3000 BC. The ancient Romans conquered Greece in 146 BC‚ and learned many of the ways of the ancient Greek civilisation‚ then developed their own civilisation in
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Roman Republic vs. Roman Empire. I think Rome was an Empire under the Republic. Differences were the forms of government. In the Republic the people had voting rights and would elect the officials‚ the Republic was a system based on the rule of law‚ and a cleverly balanced constitution that was not a written document‚ but consisted of an accord between the 3 elements‚ democracy‚ monarchy‚ and oligarchy. On the other hand the Empire or Principate‚ a system based on an emperor. One man had total‚
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ROME The Roman Empire (Latin: Imperium Romanum) was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization‚ characterized by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings around the Mediterranean Sea in Europe‚ Africa‚ and Asia. The 500-year-old Roman Republic‚ which preceded it‚ had been destabilized through a series of civil wars.1 The main popular reasons for the decline of Roman Empire are discussed in the following paragraphs. The most straightforward reason for
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civilisation has been questioned over the centuries. There are many different meanings of the word but in the Romans case it is “The type of culture and society developed by a particular nation or in a particular era or time.”In other words‚ this is what the Romans did to Britain. In particular‚ I will discuss the Roman invasion and the effect the Romans had on housing and roads. Before the Romans invaded‚ Celts lived in Britain. There were no towns so most people lived in villages and were farmers. People
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