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    height, the Roman Empire was the most extensive political and social structure in western civilization. The remains of this empire can still be seen today. The empire was filled with advanced people and technology for its time. The Roman Empire has rich history, helpful geography and resources, provinces, an advanced government, and unique people and culture. Ancient Rome can be divided into three main parts. The Roman Monarchy, the Roman Republic, and the Roman Empire. The Romans believed that

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    The Roman Empire was a very successful civilization that had many accomplishments that are a part of the modern world. Textbooks and primary sources were studied to be able to come to these conclusions. The Roman Empire lasted 500 years throughout the BC and AD times without having too many major problems. The Romans were able to last so long because of the military strength and the amount of land that the Empire had. The Romans were located in Rome, Italy and ended up expanding to take over most

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    The Roman Empire was one of the most powerful empires in the history of mankind. At the height of the empire in 110 AD, the emperors thought that expanding the empire was a good idea, but now we know, bigger isn’t always better. It all started in 200 BCE when the Roman Empire began to weaken because a lack of inefficiency and citizens were fighting for the throne. Up until the 5th century, it was sacked by outside invaders. At this point, it was already weakened by many other problems, and the old

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    Rome The Roman Empire is known as one of the strongest empires in history, due to their advanced technology, strong military leaders, and republican government. As the empire started to expand, so did their power. However, after years have gone by, the Roman Empire started to fall. Their fall may have been caused by political reason, such as the empire being just too much to handle, Diocletian splitting the territory in half, and their government corruption. The Roman Empire was just too

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    The Roman Empire, once one of the largest and most powerful empires in history, conquered the whole Mediterranean region and spread throughout the Middle East, Western and Central Europe and even Northern Africa. It reached its pinnacle during 100 and 200 AD but then slowly began to unravel. As it has been said, “Rome wasn’t built in a day” so it certainly didn’t take only a day for Rome to fall. Rome began to face many issues during the third century. The Roman Empire became much too large to manage

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    the falling of the western Roman empire. Many of these were problems with the economy, politics, or many other things. All of the issues being discussed played a huge role in the decline of the empire. There is not just one cause to blame like emperors, economics, or any other things alone, many things factored into making the empire fall. The primary factors such as, military, political, social, and economical all combine to cause the fall of the western Roman empire, by everything from foreign

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    one of the most powerful forces, the Roman empire, started taking turns for the worst. The empire slowly fell apart from the inside out as its leaders became weak and corrupt; their military became lazy; and the plague spread, devastating the Roman population. The empire that had conquered anyone around was soon being invaded by everyone. From 235 to 238 AD Rome was governed by a total of 22 emperors (Document A). This alone shows just how unstable the empire was. Over a three year period, Rome had

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    Roman Empire Vs Usa

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    When you hear the word “empire” many things can come to mind. The word is commonly associated with the Romans. In modern society, many people tend to compare the Roman Empire to the United States of America. In my opinion, the Roman Empire and the United States differ in three key ways. The ways being: their form of government, slavery and the colonizing of other countries . To have an empire you must also have an emperor or empress. That being said, my next train of thought leads me to the word

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    The Roman Empire was once one of the most powerful empires in the world, but still to this day we ask, how did the empire end? Romans built their territory to be the best. They expanded their land across regions, had all the power, a large population, and technological innovations; so how could such a ‘great’ empire end? Rome was once at it’s peak but was destined to fall due to political instability, overconfidence, negligence, and barbarian attacks. If the United States had six different presidents

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    The Growth of the Roman Empire Rome was founded in 754 BCE and began as a small village in central Italy. This small town however managed to become the greatest political power of its age, and eventually happened to acquire the entire known world through alliances

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