During the period of time between 600BCE-600CE, sometimes known as the Classical Era, empires were gradually forming in different regions of the world. Effective militaries, politics, and organization sparked the rise of these great civilizations. In the Chinese region, Han China gained superiority, in India the Mauryan and Gupta, in the Middle East Persia, and finally in the Mediterranean Rome. Overall, Rome was a successful civilization because of its imposing military, crucial organization, and social progress. However, Rome did have its shortcomings in the form of leadership. These attributes contribute to Rome’s successful place in history. One of the most prominent reasons for Rome’s quick success was its powerful military. Its disciplined …show more content…
Rome was extremely organized in the sense that it had in-depth infrastructure and politics. For example, the Roman road network was most complex and advanced road network in the classical world. (Doc 3) Travel, trade, and military actions were all made quicker and easier. This, of course, kept the empire alive for so long. Rome was also organized politically. From a very early point in its history, Rome wrote extensive laws. This is shown by codes such as the Twelve Tables, detailing points such as different ways to deal with debt. (Doc 7) Codes of law such as this are indicative of Rome’s early political organization. The main purpose of creating laws such as these was to maintain order and control over the people of Rome. Without laws and codes detailing aspects of life, the civilization would not be very effective in governing its people. Not only was Rome highly organized, it also had a significant amount of social progress. This can be seen in the ability for people in the civilization to become citizens. In Rome almost every person living in the empire can be a citizen with the exception of slaves. (Doc 8) This contrasts with other civilizations such as Athens that only offered citizenship to males born in the republic. This social progress found in Rome in combination with the great organization of the civilization aided Rome in lowering unrest and adding to the overall …show more content…
One of the main shortcomings of Rome is bad leadership. Often during the empire period, rulers who inherited the throne were brutal, ineffective, unstable, or all of the above. Some, like Nero or Tiberius, were incredibly intolerant to certain groups such as Christians. They provided brutal punishments and abused people who identified with Christian ideas. (Doc 2) This obviously produced a large amount of civil unrest and led to a decline in the empire’s prowess. A very detailed account of this was provided by another Roman historian by the name of Tacitus. The people he was trying to get to with this account was the people of Europe. He wanted to describe intolerance and bad leadership to the majority of Europe’s population in order to warn them about the dangers of intolerance. In addition to these brutal leaders, towards the end of the empire rulers were dying at an increased rate. Many emperors were killed either in battle, by assassination, or by disease. (Doc 5) The increased rate in which emperors died could be indicative of bad leadership or more unrest. It certainly led to more unrest in the empire. While there were a few examples of great leaders in Roman history, the majority of the leaders towards the end of the civilization were subpar accelerating its
The seemingly unstoppable Roman empire was certain to fall in a matter of time. Even though Rome was majorly affected by external attacks, I feel like the fall was because of the internal decline. The economy and social issues were the key factors that led to the descent of the large empire. A vast amount of their problems came from within the city. Every decision that Rome made had an extensive effect on the city itself and the rest of the world. Many foolish decisions made by terrible emperors weakened the city and eventually cause the many aspects of Roman life to crumble.
In 27 BCE, Octavian appointed himself as the first Roman Emperor. After being a republic for approximately 700 years, Rome was now an empire. The Roman Empire grew to be one of the greatest empires in history, conquering the majority of Europe, the Asia Minor, and much of North Africa. Rome went through a time of peace called Pax Roma. During Pax Roma many contributions were made such as arts and architecture. The Roman Empire declined because of its weakened military. The military began to weaken due to laziness, the land was easy to invade, and there we many different leaders throughout the empire.
The great Roman Empire expanded across all of Europe and into the Middle East. Its military was one of the finest. With major trading in Africa and Britain, the economy flourished with brining many citizens a healthy income. With amazing advancements in culture and technology, Roman society was at its finest. During the Pax Romana, the Romans had 200 years of peace and good ruling by level headed dictators and emperors. Despite Rome’s greatness in all of these areas, Rome would eventually fall. Surprisingly all of these qualities that led up to a flourishing empire were the same ones that led to its demise. As Germanic tribes invaded, the military weakened and the government became unstable.
The military might of Rome was second to none in its prime. Victorious battle after battle did nothing but
From the aqueducts of the Roman Empire to the pestle and mortar of Han, China, technology played a big role in ancient civilizations. From the 2nd century BCE through the 1st century CE, both the Han and Roman empires were dealing with the advancements in technology, whether the people liked it or not. There were many different approaches between the two empires, but there were also differences in views within the empires themselves. In the Roman Empire, people believed that technology unnecessary, but not rational, while other people believed it as a way to show how great the Roman Empire was. In the Han dynasty, some believed that technology was a vital part of an empire and needs government interference, while others saw it as an unnecessary and costly burden.
To begin with, one of the main problems of the Roman Empire was their economic problems and corruption. For example, in an excerpt of a historical text written by Priscus, which was a Roman ambassador to the Huns in 449 C.E, he reported a conversation he had with a former citizen whose land had been conquered by the Huns. In their conversation the former Roman citizen stated, “ The conditions of [Roman] subjects in time of peace [is worse than war]...taxes are very severe, and unprincipled men inflict injuries on others… A [wealthy lawbreaker] … is not punished for his injustice, while a poor man … undergoes the legal penalty… The climax of misery is to have to pay in order to obtain justice…” This supports that one main problem that ended the Roman empire was economic problems and corruption because it shows that if rich people in Rome committed a crime they would only have to bribe their way out of trouble while on the other hand poor people will have to face their consequences which is unfair so when they got invaded by the Huns they decided that it was best if they conquered than to join the military to help their empire. In addition another economic problem is that the the Roman Emperors had to pay their own soldiers to stay loyal which lead to emperors having to mint more coins which is further supported by BrainPop which states, “Roman emperors often bribed their soldiers with money to make sure they remained loyal. And when emperors didn’t have enough to pay their troops, they would mint cheaper coins. This caused the value of Roman money to plummet.” This also supports that one important cause that caused the Roman Empire to decline was the corruption and economic problems because in order for a empire or a civilization to function efficiently, they need to respect all people
There were a lot of reasons rome fell apart, In 117 CE,it was a huge empire that covered parts of three continence. These are some of the most important reasons Rome fell. One is how big rome was, another is that over the course of 50o years they had 19 emperors, and that Rome’s soldiers were not all from Rome.
Rome, the ever growing metropolis, one of the most strongest military forces we know today, a haven for riches and trade, and one of the most successful empires to history today. Rome was a growing empire, with its professional army quickly conquering several kingdoms left, right, up, and down, from the two Punic wars with Carthage, a war with Gaul, the conquering of Egypt, and Iberia, but, these expanding territories had its advantages and disadvantages. Rome had to quickly invent something able to move its soldiers to all of its territories that would give them enough time to get around to manage conquered people. The seas connecting Rome’s empire also played a role into how it’s geographical location would play into their success and prosperity.
The great Roman Empire spread across all of Europe and into the Middle East. With major trading in Africa and Britain, the economy peaked and brought many with great wealth. Rome was at the top of the top at this point. Despite Rome’s expertize and amazing military Rome’s glory would come to a halt. All of the great advancements and skill the Romans had, would make the Romans come to its end.
During Rome’s slow decline, the early problems were shown in leadership. . After numerous deaths, the years 235-285 CE became a time of despair for Rome. Examples of this was how various leaders ruled from 1-2 years, but a few lasted a few months,according to the chart in Document A. Gordian I & II ruled as co leaders, but lasted about less than a year,but Gordian I died of suicide, which could of been an effect of the constant leaders taking over the empire. Without a strong and stable leadership, the people of the empire began to stir. Assassination was a main cause of death among the emperors. There was too much assassination, it meant that there were no stable leadership to hold the empire. Nevertheless, there were deeper problems to worry about as the army too, started to deteriorate.
Isaac Newton’s famous quote “What goes up must come down” was originally referring to gravity; however, it is a great representation of the Roman Empire. During the years 50 BCE to 200 CE, the Roman Empire had the greatest power in the Mediterranean world. The Roman Empire had wealth, territory, in a great international status. Eventually, the empire lost its greatness, causing it to crumble.
The primary reason for the Fall of Rome was Economic and Social Problems in Rome. From 50 BCE until the year 200 CE the Roman Empire was the super power of the Mediterranean world. The Roman Empire was always growing but then the empire started to slowly fall apart. According to Document C, two reasons why Economic and Social Problems might be the primary reason for the Fall of Rome was that they were maintaining an army to defend the borders of the Empire.
Between 700 BCE to 200 CE was one of that largest empire in the ancient era, but like most large empire’s, they don’t last. Most empires’ have many reasons why they fell, Rome did as well, but the greatest cause for the fall of Rome was the numerous foreign invaders that took over Rome.
The Roman Empire: one of the world’s greatest ever civilizations, was in existence from 700 BC to 476 AD. Although the empire was not ever an extremely weak world power, it’s “highest” point in time was from about 50 BC to 200 AD. During this time period, it was at its all-time high. The empire spanned across what is today 3 continents (Asia Minor, Europe, Northern Africa), was home to 50 million people, and had a its capital city, Rome, had a population of 1 million people. But what can make such a huge world superpower collapse? The “Fall of Rome” can be accredited to a weakened central government troubled by political assassinations, disease, and foreign invasion, during the empire’s last century of sheer existence.
The Fall of Rome Rome is known as one of the strongest empires to rule from 235-285 C E.But if they were so mighty and powerful why did they fall . Sadly due to three reasons the all ret roman empire fell the primary reasons for the fall of rome are due to the foreign invaders ,military weakness ,and economic problems . Therefor I will tell you why these three reasons are the main cause to Rome fall . First thing that caused the romans to fall was the invasions .The invasions were one of the causes to rome's fall .If