has ever seen. Although Rome did fall‚ its remnants can still be seen today. The Roman Coulessum‚ the aqueducts‚ and much more. But what If I told you that not all of their legacy remained on the physical? To further understand let us look at how Rome was governed. Though Rome was best known as an empire‚ and a republic‚ it actually started out with a king. This was when the Senate was first introduced. The Roman Senate was a group of one hundred consuls for the king that would advise him on certain
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The Fall of Republicanism and Rome Why did Rome fall? Some say Rome fell because Roman Empire was just too big‚ making it collapse. Others say the empire spent too much of its resources on the poor‚ drawing away much needed funds from the empire. Another theory was that plagues reduced the population to the point it could not sustain itself‚ and another was that the citizens of Rome became too satisfied and lazy‚ allowing the empire to crumble due to neglect. The list goes on and on;
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The ancient Romans were very different from the ancient Greeks. The ancient Romans were realists‚ not idealists. You can see this in their statues. The Greeks made statues of perfect people. The Romans created real life statues. A statue of one of the Roman emperors is a good example. His nose is huge! The ancient Greeks would never have done that. The Romans built roads all over the empire‚ and all roads led to Rome. The ancient Greeks had roads‚ but they were not built nearly as well‚ and
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a clever military leader‚ an accomplished public speaker‚ and a political genius. Many people have many different opinions on whether or not Julius Caesar was bad for the Roman Republic. You may ask‚ what is the Roman Republic? Well‚ the Roman Republic was the first republic ever formed. It was formed in 509 B.C.‚ when the Romans overthrew the Etruscan rulers. It was a society ruled by the people‚ with a Senate that was originally made up of only patricians‚ Rome’s upper class. Eventually‚ they allowed
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His father Gaius Julius Caesar‚ and mother Aurelia Cotta‚ both sided with the Populare Roman ideology of democratization within the government‚ which gave more rights within the lower class. This ideology opposed the Optimates faction supporting the traditional Roman values of the Roman Republic‚ concentrating power in the upper class. Caesar’s parental ideals would later become a detrimental aspect in his rise to power. At the age of sixteen
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dictator in Rome in 45 B.C. He played major role in the events that led to the fall of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire. Caesar was one of the greatest strategist known in ancient times and he had exceptional military knowledge. After Caesar defied military commands to return to Rome‚ he decided to show his rebellion and crossed the Rubicon in 49 B.C.‚ which in turn lead
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between the growing Roman Republic and the already existing Carthaginian Empire. The Punic wars started in year 246 BC and extended until year 146 BC. During this period‚ the Romans had control over the main peninsula of Italy and Carthage ruled the islands and also the commerce of the West part of the Mediterranean. These two empires were in good terms at one point; however‚ a dispute regarding the islands of Sicily and Corsica started the first war. During the first Punic war the Romans resulted victorious
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take write my response to this question. Definitely doesn’t matter how you do‚ just thought I would clarify for any one still a bit confused. My plan is to take the main examples provided for why each is successful and format it as follows: Roman Republic‚ Roman Empire‚ both‚ hit on other civilizations‚ misc. I’m planning to link examples that explain how other emperors didn’t do what Rome did correctly directly with my fact on what Rome did do correct. As far as the second half of the question goes
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Italian peninsula sticking out into the Mediterranean sea. Eventually allowed Rome to control all of the land within the Mediterranean area. Ancient Rome had very fertile land. The rivers and oceans made it easier for Romans to trade supplies. The mountains would make it difficult to Romans to interact with other cultures. There were many farms in Ancient Rome due to the fertile land. The geography was good for the agriculture. Agriculture in Ancient Rome was considered as a necessity. The more land one
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political structures. The Romans had dictators while the Greeks had tyrants and both civilizations were entangled within class tension between the rich and the poor. Most of the poleis of Greece were small monarchies until Athens invented democracy while Rome‚ which was once also a monarchy‚ was replaced with an aristocratic republic. Dictators and tyrants both wielded absolute power. Tyrants gained power through irregular means while dictators were appointed by Roman officials when they were
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