...I love dancing, three things the can go wrong with dance are falling in front of people forgetting a dance routine and not practicing. Just like a dance can fail, so can an empire. There were three significant reasons for the “fall” of Rome: Foreign Invasion, Political Assassination and Military Problems. Of these, the most important reason was Political Assassination. One important reason that Rome fell was Foreign Invasion. Evidence that this was a problem is the many invaders from Asia came with their different cultures and with different sayings according to document c. Another evidence that this was a problem is according to document d, it explain how the Huns were aggressive and the definition of savagery. This problem helps to...
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...Rome was one of the greatest civilizations the world will ever see. They gained their power from conquering other civilizations and empires. At one point, Rome had the entire Mediterranean under their control. It had one of the greatest armies, logical architecture, and beautiful art. So why did the great empire fall? Despite being a great civilization, Rome still had it’s fair share of problems to deal with in their own way. First of all, disease and disasters would be a problem for any of the great civilizations in the Mediterranean. The measles, a rash and blight of the Roman Empire, spread throughout most empires concerning even the greats like Rome. Not to mention Rome was home to some traumatizing natural disasters including the earthquake...
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...How exactly did Rome “fall?” I’m going to cover 3 of the main reasons that caused Rome to fall. For example, how they grew weak from invasions, the army, poor emperors, and so on through many of the years. To begin with, the Roman army grew weaker. The Roman army grew lazy negligence and laziness changed their training techniques. They also refused to wear armor, as it says in document b, “So our soldiers fought the Goths without and protection for chest and head and were often beaten by archers. Although there were many disasters, which lead to the loss of great cities, no one tried to restore breastplates and helmets to the infantry.” Because of this, archers were able to kill them easily, so they were too afraid to go into war because they did not want to die. Because of the Roman army, it was also easier for their emperors to be killed. To support that, because of the Roman army growing weak, they experienced more invasions. For...
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...Rome started out as a great civilization that lasted for years and years. Nothing lasts indefinitely, however, and it was inevitable that Rome would fall eventually. After an era of power and greatness, Rome was taken down by a combination of political corruption, economic issues, deathly diseases, and fierce, foreign invaders. One of the political reasons for the downfall of Rome was unfit emperors. Some emperors were greedy, cruel men with absolutely no idea how to rule an empire. The roman emperorship was passed down through the male line, so some of the emperors had no idea how to rule. A fair amount of the emperors were assassinated, leaving their inexperienced sons to rule alone, or if they had no sons, the position would be fought over,...
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...Rome had many problems that led the their fall. The most important reasons are weak leadership, military weakness, and disasters/disease. First of all the romans suffered from the Plague according to document F “The population of Rome decreased from a million to 250,000.” Which means 750,000 people died from the Plague alone. Document F also states “Fifty thousand persons had lost their lives in the flood.” These disasters left many families heartbroken and depressed. Also document A states the one of the Roman emperors Claudius Gothicus died from the plague. These natural disasters also affected very important people of Rome which affected how Rome functioned and how it was ruled. Next is Military weakness. Rome’s military was in no way...
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...Rome was an empire of influence, culture, and prosperity. In its span of 500 years, Rome created works of art and literature that still continue to influence our society today. Rome was an incredibly powerful civilization and conquered many lands and other weaker civilizations. Through this, they managed to create an incredibly large and diverse empire. However, this prosperity wouldn’t last forever. In fact, after their reign of 500 years was over, the Western half of Rome fell. The Eastern half, on the other hand, managed to stay prosperous for roughly 1,000 years. Not only did the Byzantine Empire, survive past the decline of its Western half, it managed to thrive and produced many valuable works that are just as inspiring as those produced...
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...the strongest in the world, but Rome was at one point as well. America has many strong components that can keep it from falling just like Rome did. This great land has its faults but it also has things to keep it properly functioning and keeps having tourists visiting from all over the world. It is the land of the free and nothing can or will change the fact of that. If there is a thing that does make America fall it is the diversity within its border. The Roman Empire was a strong civilization but ended by tearing itself apart from diversity. Although America has that problem it can make up with the strong military, a powerful leadership, and a strong economy to keep America strong and stable. America may as well be the strongest that there ever was or ever will be. Its military is like no other and pretty much unstoppable. It was recorded in “2010 that there was at least 3 million people that was in the American military! America could be like the Persians up against the Spartans because it’s that strong. If America is to go it’s better to burn out in glory then to go down without a glimpse of hope. The strongest and the best have to die some time, even if America fights with the best soldiers they still have a chance of losing everything. There are many similarities and differences between the United States and Rome. Both were and are major powers in society. They also had their share of great and not so great leaders. For example, Rome had Julius Caesar and Constantine...
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...The Decline of Rome In the beginning of the Roman Empire they had a strong, powerful, huge community. There military was amazing with defense, which helped keep Rome stable. But overtime this empire started to gradually decline, and it was just a matter of time before they would fall. The people were getting out of hand and making it much harder to communicate with other countries, keep a stable government, and get along with others. Military, political, and economic factors contributed greatly to the fall of the Roman Empire. One reason why Rome fell is because of it’s economic factors. Rome had an unstable economy, and over time it started falling apart. As Rome expanded, wealthy Patricians used the latifundia for their own land, a place they could have absolute power. They used slaves on these great estates, which eventually grew to unemployment for the people who became their slaves. The empire grew poor, which made not enough money for food or everyday things. People started to starve and disease and hunger spread throughout the community. Due to the Plebeians not having...
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...“Freedom, Liberty, Tyranny is Dead” “The Ides of March are come.” In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Caesar was stabbed in the back by the Conspiracy on March 15. Brutus and Mark Antony wrote speeches to present at the funeral. The funeral speeches were given by Brutus and Mark Antony in similar and different ways and had very different reactions in the end from the crowd. Brutus’ funeral speech was written to inform the crowd the reasons why the Conspiracy killed Caesar. While presenting his speech he stood above the crowd showing that he had power over the people of Rome while he was saying his speech. The first thing Brutus does is he calls out to the people of Rome, saying the following “ Rome, countrymen, and friends”. He says...
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...the Primary Reasons for the Fall of Rome? Rome was probably one of the greatest empires of the western world. They were technilogically advanced, conquered many lands, and overtime created an amazing empire. Rome began in around 750 BCE as a tiny settlement. During the beginning years of Rome being founded the Greeks were the leaders of the Mediterranean. The Greek empire later ended and Rome became a powerhouse. As Rome began ruling the Mediterranean and reached all of their goals, they became lazy and developed what you could call a “ soft belly”. As a result of this sudden laziness, Rome became sacked by invadors and began taking money from the treasury and spending the money on unnecessary luxuries. Their empire slowly ended and this started the decline of the Roman empire. In this essay I will be stating some key reasons on why I think the Roman empire ended. Political corruption had a major impact on why the Roman Empire ended. Rome had many problems when it came to choosing a new emperor and never had the chance to create an organized system to pick these leaders. The choice of a...
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... ! “After reading 10 papers by other students – one on each of the assigned books – what was the one main reason why Rome ceased being a Republic and became an Empire? What relevance does this have to modern America? Take the “God and Gold” book into account.” The Roman Republic was doing well from its beginning in 510 BC: it developed a good form of government: the senate, legislative assemblies and the executive magistrates. It had won a lot of its adjacent territory, and had great leaders. These great leaders brought more quality to the Rome Republic but as other great leaders, some of them wanted more. Human beings have always been driven by ambition; it has always existed and always will. This is the instinct that drives people to invent new goods or go through new paths. The ambition of its leaders and the fear of its people lead to the fall of Roman Republic in conjunction with the decisions the Senate made in these times. ! The ambition of Julius Caesar can be seen throughout his actions1. When Britain was invaded by Rome twice in 55 BC, the troops were headed by him. The first time, Caesar was unsuccessful at capturing Britain. Caesar did not give up, his ambition brought him back a second time, making a deal with the king Mandubracius and successfully securing part of Britain for Rome. After this battle Caesar, got to cease power over Rome in a clash against Pompey and the Senate2. Later, he was promoted to “dictator in perpetuity.” This great ambition brought...
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...Rise and Fall of Rome The Economics Behind an Empire 4/18/2013 ECO 120 Seb Jaramillo The Rise and Fall of Rome To many people, the ancient world has always been a topic of great interest and study. The ancient world is essentially the explanation for how the world ended up where it is today. Our ancestors laid down the foundation that would help form and mold today’s civilization and the way people live out their lives in modern times. Perhaps no civilization of the past did more for the future than the efforts and contributions of the Roman Empire. For almost a millennia, the Romans controlled the vast majority of the world. Their Empire made it possible to spread wealth and knowledge to the far corners of the world and lay down a base common knowledge that helped pave the path for people to follow. This paper shall look into the background of Rome and see what economic forces helped lead to the formation of such a formidable empire. What allowed these people to become so wealthy and construct a vast territory? Why was it easy for the Romans to do so much while many other nations are still set back in our day and age? The paper shall also look at the forces at work near the end of the Western Empire that brought an end to the glory and majesty of Rome and how this knowledge can perhaps produce a means of prevention of the same fate for the United States. The city of Rome became a Republic around the year 509 BC. By the end of the first century BC Rome controlled...
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...The English playwright, John Heywood used the expression “Rome was not built in a day” to make the argument that great things take time to build. In the song “Clique”, Kanye West boasts, “so I just meditate at the home in Pompeii/about how I could build a new Rome in one day” (101-102). In these lines, the always hubris Kanye accepts Heywood’s challenge and plots how he can build a new Rome in one day. There is no question that Kanye cannot rebuild the Roman Empire in one day, nevertheless the real question is how could one of the most powerful ancient empires fall? Over the years, historians have attributed the fall of the Roman Empire to many different factors. I believe that immigration played the biggest role in the fall of the Roman Empire...
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...People talk about the fall of Rome as if the Romans were completely helpless when the evil barbarians struck. That the perfect society of Rome could do nothing under the grasp of this great evil. But no one ever talks about Rome’s part in it’s own falling, and there a quite a few things Rome did wrong that lead to it’s own downfall. Let’s go back to 5th century, CE. Rome was bombarded with armies from many different places. But was the really the downfall of Rome? Many people who lived during that time would say no. They would say the main reasons for the downfall was Rome’s own laziness, overconfidence, and slowly corrupting governmental system. There are many varying opinions on why exactly why Rome fell, but a topic that shows up fairly frequently is how lazy the Romans grew. Rome was once a great society, but as it grew, it’s army grew lazier. They no longer enforced wearing armor. As if this wasn’t bad enough, they also stopped recruiting enough warriors for their army (Doc B). So, as their army grew lazier, neighboring countries began to notice this weakness. They assaulted Rome’s cities with all they,and due to...
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...The early Romans established a republic, which grew powerful and spreads its influence. The site of Rome was chosen because of its fertile soil and strategic location. It’s located on the Italian peninsula in the center of the Mediterranean Sea and built on the seven hills on the Tiber River. The Latins, Greeks, and Etruscans compete for the control of the region. The Latins found the original settlement of Rome between 1000 and 500 B.C. The Etruscans are native to northern Italy and influence Rome’s civilization. At around 600 B.C., Etruscan kings begin to rule Rome. The kings build Rome’s first temple and public centers. The Etruscans were organized into city-states to the north of Rome. Around 650 B.C.E., they took control of the site...
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