Ancient Rome Vs America

The Roman republic and the United States have both similarities and differences. The roman republic and the United States have both a strong government that are composed of many branches. The roman republic "government was headed by the Roman senate and two elected officials called consuls". "The aristocracy (patricians) wielded more power than the bulk of the population, the commoners (plebeians), leading to ongoing tension between social classes". The plebeians had more power than any other branch.

America and Rome are similar. We both have to follow a certain set of laws. America and Rome are also similar because they both have terms. America and Rome’s judicial branch is almost exact! America and Rome also have branches of government.

     Not only was Rome highly influential back in its prime, but many of its ideals are still remaining strong in some form or another. A perfect example of this is the United States. Even in the "Pledge of Allegiance" there are traces of Rome. For part of it states that; "? By the republic for which it stands?" this says that this country is ran under a republic. Just as Rome in its first five hundred year reign. We have adopted the same thought that through our senators, who are elected by the people, a better country can be developed. This is an almost exact adoption of the Roman states system that implies a highly centralized government can run an entire nation effectively.

“While stands the Coliseum, Rome shall stand; When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall; And when Rome falls - the World.” Lord Byron. This essay will discuss the similarities of military, economics and systems of government between the Roman Empire of the 6th century BCE and the United States of America of the 20th century. History has revealed that all superpowers fall eventually, although much time has passed since the glory days of Rome we see in 2015 the largest superpower in charge, the United States. There are many similarities that can be drawn between the American superpower and the Roman Empire such as the same founding of government and both dominated in military, as well as economic similarities. This leads

Roman culture is a lot like the United States. From the government to the activities to the impact on the places and countries around them. Rome and the United States both used the three branches of government, which are the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches. All the citizens in Rome had to abide by rights and laws made by the branches of government just like the citizens of the United States. Another things their government has in common is that they both use the veto, which was the right to reject a decision by the law-makers. Both of the governments also would have a higher chance of being in debt because both of their imports were greater than their exports. Rome and the United States also both had places for entertainment and played some of the same sports.

Both Romans and Americans are known for allowing their conquered to enjoy a certain amount of liberty. A less glorious similarity is the Roman and American social welfare systems. Straying from using the imagination and classical problem solving, both civilizations have expended their resources to quiet the cries of the hopeless, without building any hope for their unfortunate citizens. Roman law influenced much of the American legal system, especially in the area of criminal justice. America has followed in the footsteps of the Romans in many ways, for better or for worse.

Look at a picture of the White House. What do you notice? The beautiful structure and the way it stands out? What about the columns? They look awfully familiar. Now look at a picture of the Pantheon. See the similarities? Because the Modern U.S. and Ancient Rome have many similarities and differences, the lessons from Ancient Rome could help the U.S. to avoid the fall and collapse that Rome experienced.

When you think of the first governments you think of Athens and Rome, but which one was a better system? Athens and Rome were both great governments because they both elected officials. Well which was a better system Athens or Rome? Rome was a better system thn Athens because they were more organized, they were more freely given to citizenship, and they had less people in their council.

The United States has adopted parts of Ancient Roman culture into modern day life. Over time Rome became the superpower of the Mediterranean controlling a vast amount of city-states. Power from trade, innovative minds, a powerful military, and influence from other cultures combined to make Rome one of the most powerful regions of the time period. The United States has taken some aspects of Rome’s culture and has incorporated it into society making both regions similar. Roman culture was like our own culture in the United States today because of the system of government, the use of sporting events to escape the affairs of daily life and the funeral inscriptions on grave markers.

This paragraph is about the similarities of the republican governments of the USA and Rome. Like the USA, Rome’s government is republican and the citizens vote for their leader. Both Rome and USA have a senates as well. In Rome, there are eight Praetors and in the USA, there are nine justices. Both the Praetors and the justices oversee civil and criminal cases. Both the USA and Rome have a list of rules as well. The final similarity I saw was that both USA and Rome have a senate that advises the leaders of the nations and control the rules.

For example, “We still use its alphabet, exploit its literary genres, inhabit its cities, preserve its architectural styles, and follow its schedule of holidays.” (Murphy 2). Here, one is able to identify that contemporary day America still possesses and develops upon a myriad of features of the Roman Empire. The educated elite within Rome impacted the perspectives and virtues of Americas Founding Fathers, as their values enabled them to fulfill their task. As seen here, “The educated elite of the thirteen-colonies were steeped in the Roman code of virtus…they held fast to their rustic virtues: sanctity of family, sobriety of conduct and demeanor, a stern sense of discipline… Romans achieved their mission, divinely inspired, to rule the world…they were the values the Founding Fathers.” (6). Here, one is demonstrated that the perspectives of the Rome significantly influenced the outlook of Americas Founding Fathers, which allowed them to accomplish their tasks. Additionally, the advancements of the Roman Empire influenced America’s political leaders as well. For instance, “By the time Eisenhower reached San Francisco, sixty-two days later, he understood that America needed what Rome had possessed, a network of good public roads. When he became president, he created the interstate highway system.” (13). Therefore, Rome’s advancements during the

Modern America and ancient Rome are very similar already, but will their falls be the same as well? America has several power hungry leaders running for president at the moment, just like how Rome only had the leaders that wanted power, not those who had earned it or knew how to wield it properly. Unfortunately, one of Rome’s building blocks for its fall was its political instability, which America seems to share. For example, Rome didn’t have a steady way to transition the power between leaders fairly, and there were often fights between possible leaders for who was the next emperor. Plus, America is running into many of the same problems that Rome did when it was about to fall, so it’s only natural for America to have the same outcome.

Three differences of the U.S. and Rome is the U.S. doesn’t have a monarchy like Rome it has a democracy where the people vote for a leader, but in a monarchy there is a set leader where they are the king and their child is first in line. The Roman Empire had blood sports for entertainment where people died, but in the U.S. we watch violent sports, but rarely ever do people die during the sport we even have really peaceful sports like golf. The Roman Empire had led pipes and slaves, but the U.S. has better

New introduction: Who are the Romans?The Romans are people who live in Rome which is now called Italy.The Romans were a extremely successful civilization.That conquered a lot of other civilizations and became the most powerful civilization in Ancient Times.Most of this happened because they had a strong military.In to the Roman Empire ’s collapsed because of many different reasons like social problems,inflation,overexpansion,and etc.Some people compare the United States to Ancient Rome for several reasons.They compare it because they both controlled land outside of their borders,gave people the right to vote, they both have strong military,each of them had a large numbers of poor and unemployed and the government has used the dole and other

It can be normal that people consider many similarities between U.S and Rome as dominant powers, global influence, open society, culturally similar, etc. but there are some notable differences clarifying that U.S. can not be the new Rome as some people think. Starting with the community of each country; in U.S social classes exist that are upper class, new money, Middle class, Working class, Working poor, Poverty level where Rome has space for middle class, they were always a slaveholding when U.S started out as a slaveholding polity, “Rome was always a slaveholding polity with the profound moral and social retardation that this implies; America started out as a slaveholding polity and decisively cast slavery aside.” During the time pass we