Ancient Roman Society

The Romans had the most powerful army overall for four reasons. Rome had the most brilliant and cunning generals such as Flavius Aetius, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus, Constantine the Great, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus , Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, and Gaius Julius Caesar. Let me give you a few examples of what these Generals did. Flavius Aetius successfully defeated the Gauls

The legions of Rome were one of the biggest factors in Rome's success as an empire. They conquered vast quantities of land, and were often used by the government to improve the morale of people living in cities, which often had parts that were cramped and unsanitary. The legions were set apart from contemporary armies due to their level of organisation and especially as they fought as a unit and not as individuals, as many tribes did.

The powerful and well known Roman army was another key factor in maintaining the empire. The Roman army was large, well equipped, well trained, disciplined and skilled military force that was stationed throughout the empire to prevent uprisings and crush rebellion. Military training was a very important and arduous affair in the Roman Empire. It was essential for each soldier to achieve a high level of skill in fighting and using their weapons. They also had to march 30 kilometers 3 times a month wearing 20kg armor, do drills twice a day, learn to build camps, swim, mount and ride a horse and fight mock battles. The Roman army was quite ruthless when it came to crushing rebellion. They did not hesitate to hurt or even slaughter the people who went against the Roman rule.

The Roman Army was the most important factor that led to the Romans maintaining such a large empire. The army was very well organised into many groups, and the whips kept by the group leader ensured that the army would be obedient and

Some policies and institutions of the Roman Republic were useful to help them succeed in conquering first Italy and then the Mediterranean world. Before of the institution of the republic, the romans were a monarchy since their beginning and they were basically a pastoral people. Rome suffer several changes and improvements under the control of the Etruscan kings. The Etruscan were civilization settled north of Rome in Etruria, and they once had control over almost all the Italic peninsula. The Etruscans influences in Rome were profound, they transformed Rome from a pastoral community to a city (91). The Etruscan built the street and roads that help the development of temples, markets, shops, streets, and houses. They basically brought urbanization to Rome. It is fairly to say that the Rome republic was a fusion between the elements of the Etruscan civilization and the Rome elements. The combination of the different political institutions and policies made the Romans succeed in their conquest territories.

Throughout history many civilizations and empires have been considered great. The greatest empire ever was Ancient Rome. Starting in 509 B.C.E and lasting until 476 C.E (Ancient Rome and the Rise of Christianity, 1000 BCE–500 CE,). Ancient Rome started off as a small town on central Italy’s Tiber river and ended up expanding all the way to most Europe, Britain, much of western Asia, Northern Africa and the Mediterranean islands (Ancient Rome). Ancient Rome helped spread many languages, the western alphabet, the modern calendar and the religion of christianity all around the globe (Ancient Rome). They are the most powerful and dominating empire throughout history. Ancient Rome was the greatest empire throughout history.

The Roman empire lasted from 700 BCE until 476 Ce, and incredible 1,176 years. But how did Rome fall? Some say political squabbling. Others argue invasions. However, the downfall of Rome was due to military problems, and natural disasters. Earthquakes brought buildings to the ground, while illnesses killed thousands of innocent people. Also, the military was losing it’s edge. They decided to become lazy, beginning to think too much of themselves.

The military prowess of Roman commanders and legionaries proved to be successful enough to turn a small community into an ancient super power. There are many discussions to be had about the tactics and success of the Roman army, some of which are: their style of fighting, the attitude toward the fight, and the fruits of their war.

The Roman Republic was a “democratic” republic, which allowed first citizens to vote, and to choose their governors in the senate (Hence, their consuls). However, it was a nation ruled by its aristocracy, and, consequently, the entire Republic`s power was concentrated in a few individuals. Furthermore, the Senate was controlled by Patricians, which directed the government by using wealth to buy control and power over the decisions of the senate and the consuls. This situation aroused the inconformity of the people; as result, a civil war took place in the Republic (destroying it), and then the Roman Empire was born.

1. What does it mean to be a Roman? How did the Romans of the Augustan age think about themselves? What are some of the important ideas that they used to form their identity? How did they see themselves in relationship to others? How did other peoples contribute to their identity?

At one time the Roman empire included England, Spain, France, much of Germany, and part of Africa, and Greece. The Roman Army was greatly responsible for the expansion. It was recognized as the most powerful in history.Rome’s army impacted ours today by their war tactics, and how they trained their soldiers. In the time of Rome Rome had the strongest army very much like us today. They also had the most advanced weapons of their time, also like the United States

Delaney Hein Ms. Hickey Latin I 04/26/17 Social Classes in Ancient Rome Ancient Rome was a fascinating time and place that existed almost 2000 years ago. Rome was a very advanced empire that consisted of much of the world’s population at that time. They were able to conquer nations that were not as strong, and grow to have more land.

The Romans once proud and established society who valued duty and responsibility to their Gods, family, friends, and to the state (Jones, Rome, Podcast 1). Romans like to believe they were descended from the noble Trojans. (Backman, Cultures of the West, p.171).

His wife was to be sold, and he was to die in an arena against four Gladiators. He then went to defeat his four rivals, in hopes to reunite with his wife, so the crowd favored him, and allowed him to live. Spartacus was to become a Gladiator at the house of Batiatus. By winning many battles and becoming a champion he won the crowd's heart, but after finding out his wife was murdered by his owner, he rebelled and started a Rebellion to bring an end to slavery. Rome was devastated by Spartacus and his rebels freeing slaves. Legate Glaber was to go after them, although Rome's Forces were larger, Spartacus did not give up, and continued fighting. Vastly outnumbered by Glabers' forces Spartacus was corned into a mountain with no food or shelter, that did not faze Spartacus and his courage. He developed a strategy and climbed down through vines and surprised Glabers' troops and won.

Ancient Roman society is an aristocratic society which means that social resource mainly dominated by upper class. At the beginning, there were only two different social classes of ancient Roman society, including patricians,