Rome's Obligation Of The Political System

Scholar and author of “The Economic Collapse of the Roman Empire,” Louis West, argued that “in a word, the poor… had eaten up the capital of the thrifty and the western half of Europe sank into the dark ages.” A time referred to as the “Dark Ages” in Rome was a time of growth in the poor population and the economic decline. Roman economy had a strong dependence on agriculture, and taxation on agricultural production provided the economy of Rome a majority of the income. Over time, the ever-increasing taxation placed on agriculture created a massive burden on the Roman people, with the majority of these taxes falling on the less fortunate members of society. The dangerous masses of taxes slowly ate at the foundation of the Roman economy, especially towards the final division of the empire in 395. The Roman economy lost its ability to function during overwhelming exterior and interior

I believe that the Roman Empire was mostly a democracy. If you look at how they ran their government with three branches, the Senate, the Consuls, and the Assemblies you can see that they were run by the people. Although they did have some trouble with their constitution in my opinion Rome was more of an exact variation of democracy not a true democracy.

The Romans used commerce to consolidate the provinces and territories of their vast empire. Being a part of the Empire was of great economic benefit to almost all of the members; insomuch as the Romans built roads and protected sea routes, and inasmuch as the Roman Empire was so large, the Roman Empire’s subjects benefited from what amounted to a massive free trade zone. Roman commerce was a major factor in preserving the Empire for so long.

During Ancient Rome there was many different political systems used. They had dictatorships,empires,monarchy, triumvirate, and democratic republic. In Ancient Greece there was oligarchy and democracy.the 2 main political systems that were different was a oligarchy and democratic republic. One main difference between these two ancient civilizations was who had power. The first time in history where more than 2 or 3 people had power was a democratic republic. A democratic republic is both a republic and a democracy. This means that most of the power is in the citizens vote. A oligarchy is a group of people who make all the decisions but the citizens do not have a say. In Rome the people were able to vote, make decisions, and pick their leaders;

It is clear that the dynamics that characterized Rome’s society during the Republic were never easy. There was a constant push and pull of intentions and interests between Patricians and Plebeians. The Patricians always wanting to maintain economic and political supremacy while the Plebeians were in constant

During the early period of the Roman Empire, there was a significant divide between the citizens who were native to Italy, particularly from Rome itself and citizens whose families traced their origins to more far-flung regions of the empire (Harrington, Jan.-May 2013). In contrast, political power had moved to areas nearer to imperial borders by the third and fourth centuries demonstrating the idea of what a true “Roman” was had widened to accept the peoples who lived in these areas not just as citizens but as part of the upper tier of society.

The Western Half of Rome’s once outstanding empire was demolished by it’s crumbling economy. This fail was the result of a stunted economy from budding,

When considering the context of ancient times and contemporary forms of government, and considering its limited representative elements, Rome, however, remains an outstanding example of a successful ancient government. People were divided into different classes. There were Patricians, Patricians were wealthy citizens of Rome. They usually lived in great homes and had slaves to do their work for them. Because they were citizens of Rome they could go to the Assembly to vote. Plebeians were not wealthy but they were citizens of Rome. They were usually craftsmen or tradesmen and they worked for a living. Because they were citizens of Rome they could go to the Assembly to vote. Slaves had no money, no rights, no freedom and were not citizens of

On July 4th, 1776 the United States declared independence from a oppressing government, known as Great Britain, during the Revolutionary War. When the founders, the political leaders of the colonies, developed their own ideas about what might be the best government known today. This government was created by their own experiences and their study of past governments. One of the major governments the founders studied was the Roman Republic, which lasted nearly 500 years from 509 BC to 27 BC. This government, the Roman Republic, fascinated the founders inspiring them to create the government we know today by studying the Romans in many different ways. The founders studied the Romans by reading what historians and what the Romans wrote about the

Before the fall of Rome, an underlying change took place that transformed the original Republic into the mighty Roman Empire. Many factors directly and indirectly affected this shift in political leadership. By 509 B.C., the Romans established its own social and economic influence. They had overpowered the Etruscan kingdom and came to the realization that law and order was necessary to curb the ambitions of the powerful, whether they be enemies, or rulers of their own making. The Roman republic, therefore, developed under a system of government that divided the power among two consuls, the Senate and the Plebian Assembly. Through internal affairs, economic instability, Barbarian invasions, disease, and the spread of new religion, this form

In the late Roman Republic, the external expansion of early Rome was a surprise to many. The era of the great expansion of Roman power and civilization is the era of the Roman Republic, in which its Senate ruled Rome and its assembly, which were establishments, formed at the beginning of the monarchy. The Republic had a history of many conflicts, aiding the Republic in becoming so powerful, thus making Rome become unstoppable. But as we all know from the conflicts that aroused in the past with many other large city-states and Empire’s, with incredible power comes many dilemmas. The development of early Rome was fundamental to the rise and fall of the political and economic developments of the late Roman Republic.

The Roman Republic was only somewhat democratic because of the restrictions on who could vote and who was able to be in the Assemblies. In Rome, the only people who could vote were the citizen men. In 1998, Professor Fergus Millar stated that there was no formal exclusion of the poor meaning that free slaves could also vote. The Roman government did allow the men to vote because they were considered to be the ones who could make the best decisions, therefore they were not completely democratic or undemocratic. The exclusion of the citizen women was very undemocratic because they were also citizens and they had just as much right to be in Rome as the men so they should be able to contribute their opinion in what happens to their home. Overall,

The Roman Republic did many good things in ancient rome. Some things were unfair, some were really unfair, and some were just plain out awful. Most of ancient rome's laws were fairly understandable, but it didn’t really protect everybody. They did many ways of getting water from long distances and getting food. Most of these ideas worked, but some of them failed. The Roman Republic was somewhat meeting the common good.

The Senate was a Republic political institution. It was not an elected body, but one whose members were appointed by the consuls, and later by the censors. After a Roman magistrate served his term in office, it usually was followed with automatic appointment to the Senate. The Plebeian Council or Plebeian Assembly was the principal popular assembly of the ancient Roman Republic. It functioned as a legislative assembly, through which the plebeians could pass laws, elect magistrates, and try judicial cases. The censor was an officer in ancient Rome who was responsible for maintaining the census, supervising public morality, and overseeing certain aspects of the government's finances. The Census of Quirinius was a census of Judaea taken by Publius

The Roman Republic The Roman constitution was created in the hopes of forming a government that was both stable and balanced