Western Civilization By Joshua Cole And Carol Symes

Rome, a powerful state with a powerful army dedicating their lives to winning, they trained fiercely for years and years on end the men didn’t have to enter the military at such a young age but yet they still did, their culture was very Gung-ho can do attitude they fought the good fight and protected their people. Rome was strong and only becoming stronger throughout the years, “Rome stood supreme Mediterranean Sea.” (World History Book, pg. 68) Rome was a strong republic that finally became an empire, the empire grew and grew, and the culture of the Roman Empire is still used today in our own government, the Romans also had very good literature skills

     Rome's vast empire lasted for an amazing one thousand-year reign. Half of it referred to as the republic, and the other as the empire. However, after its fall in 5oo-a.d. Rome has still remained in existence through its strong culture, architecture, literature, and even religion (Spielvogel 175). Even after its disappearance as a nation Rome left behind a legacy that will never be forgotten. Its ideals and traditions have been immolated, and adopted for over two thousand years. Whether, it is through its language of Latin, its influence of religion, or its amazing architectural ability Rome has influenced almost every culture following its demise. The heritage of Rome has

The political history of Italy is quite extensive. The Greeks were the first to settle in Italy and established colonies in the southern part of the country and in Sicily. There was not a sense of political reality as much as there was a civilization (Windows on Italy- History). While the Greeks controlled the south the Gauls, or Celtic people, ruled the north and the Po Valley. But the most important group to settle in Italy was the Etruscans. Because of their advanced civilization, the Etruscans were the only ones to establish political and cultural ideas before the Roman Empire (Windows on Italy- History). At the end of the Etruscans rule, Rome began a unification of Italy and established Latin to be the general language (Defusco).

The Roman Empire was one of the largest empires the world has ever seen. The power and size they managed to obtain has been a constant subject of interest for historians and all those who are interested in history. Julius Caesar’s ascension to power marked the time from where the Romans steadily expanded their territory and by the time the Roman Republic dissolved and the Roman Empire emerged, the Empire had become so big that the Romans had then to face the problem of maintaining their empire. The Roman Empire maintained its power by

For a long period of time, Rome seemed like an unstoppable empire. It conquered the majority of the land surrounding it, including Greece, Turkey, Iraq, and many of its other neighboring countries. It seemed as though Rome would conquer the entire world, as it was the center of it, until it began to decline in 476 C.E. The very aspects that made it so successful were the ones that caused its collapse. Various political, religious, and economic reasons caused its downfall. The fact that the entire economy of Rome collapsed and money became worthless was a major reason for the empire’s collapse. In addition, the loss of a common religion and lack of efficient ruling in relation to its vast territory affected the empire. The Roman

The policies that the romans implemented in the republic years played a crucial role in the conquest of the Latium and the Italic peninsula. The various policies that the romans established to govern Italy is called the Roman confederation. One important policy was that Romans made felt the conquered people that they helped to succeed Rome. Some conquered people, especially the Latins, were allowed full roman citizenship; others received citizenship without the right to

One reason that the system of citizenship in Rome was better was who was able to be a citizen they considered almost every human to be a citizen except slaves. One example of this is in document A when it tells us that all men, women, and children were able to be citizens. His evidence helps explain that Rome had a stronger system because when they let more people

Rome was once a great beautiful kingdom. Ruled by many emperors and has taken bold and great actions. But following up with those actions lead to big problems. This made Rome get weaker and weaker, causing Rome to have a great downfall ending their history. But Rome’s great accomplishments and failures are still looked upon

Arthur Erickson said that, “Ancient Rome was as confident of the immutability of its world and the continual expansion and improvement of the human lot as we are today”. In Rome got two kinds of government, and there were Roman Empire and Roman Republic. Both of them had different structures to development on many aspects in Rome such as laws, equality and rights of life’s Roman where Rome wanted a democratic system. Although, it has helped later to now, in that time was a conflict where it created a war.

Rome as we know it was not built in a day. It took years for the vastest empire of its time to become what we know it as today. Rome was an impressive military power and was organized in how they handled their affairs. The success of Rome comes down to a few major factors, such as, the strong leadership of Rome, the way they handled conquered lands as well as technological advancement. These factors can be seen as the foundation of the successes of the Roman Empire and were later taken on by successive empires and countries later on. However, out of all of these factors, one of them played a more crucial role in the success of the Roman Empire. The strong leadership of Rome can be said to be the most influential cause of the achievements of

The ancient Rome Empire raises their empire by coquetting many lands by fighting and coquetting them. One on the things that made Rome special was their expansion of the territory. What was different of other empires is, when they conquer a foreign land, they let them keep their traditions and their own culture. Instead of teaching them religion and make them be a Roman, they made them swear fealty to Rome. Roma wanted to spread their territory and their trading zone. One example of this was the war of the Roman and the Carthaginians in 264 BC. After many battles of this war better know as the Punic Wars, finally the romans defeated the Carthaginians. It took 100 years to put and end to this war.

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.

This paper is going to be about Rome, and how successful they were. Now Rome wasn’t just the best society for no reason. It took hard work from military to farming to government etc. the list could go on for forever. Their military was one of the best to ever walk the earth. They fought off invasions, won land back over from other countries, and even invaded countries their selves. They were probably one of the most feared armies ever. Now where can a strong army come from without a strong government? The answer is simple; not very far at all. The Romans ran on a republic government. That meant that the citizens elected their leaders, much like we do today. In a way Rome is almost exactly what we are today; same government, feared army, and we are falling apart around the same time that Rome did.

After the Ancient Greeks lost their power and faded away, Rome took its place as the new power. From a republic to an empire, Rome quickly grew into the world’s leading nation. Unlike Greece, Rome did not focus on innovation but rather shifted their attention on improving and adapting methods that already exist to create a more practical and “Roman” style. Rome’s worldview of Utilitarianism, which can be seen in all aspects of Roman life including government, architecture and literature united the nation into a distinct and prosperous empire.

Starting off, I will be discussing Anthony Pagden’s book, “Peoples and Empires”. This was the first book I read for the start of the semester. Rome began in the 7th century BC as a small city state of agriculturalists and tradesmen and was ruled by kings until the late 6th century BC. Rome became a nation, but was not a republic. After the fall of Alexander the Great and the Macedonian Empire, the Roman republic started to expand and by 272 BC they had control of the Italian peninsular. Later, Julius Cesar (he believed himself as a god) came to power and Roman expansion declined. Roman law was very important, in regards to civil law. But the Roman Empire was not very stable, which let to its collapse from the Persians, Goths, and Germans. The