Gladiator: The Rise Of Rome And Modern America

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GLADIATOR Maximus Decimus Meridus was the true heir to the throne of the Roman Empire, and yet everything was ripped away from him in an instant. Everyone he loved was slain and everything he dreamed of was shattered by the jealous son of the former emperor. Gladiator does a good job of showing examples of the reasons Rome declined in real life and also, it portrays scary similarities between Rome and modern America. Gladiator also illustrates the social, political, and economic events that eventually toppled the Roman Empire. During Pax Romana the social state of Rome switched. People began demanding more and more for entertainment and they loved violence the most. One idea of entertainment was to go and watch gladiators kill eachother…show more content…
Rome had no money because they wasted their money and didn’t have renewable income from wars coming in. Marcus in the movie says, “There’s a dream that was once Rome. Anything more than a whisper and it would vanish. I fear it will not survive the winter.” He knew that Rome was falling apart even before anyone else did. America is no stranger to these kinds of hard economic times. The housing crisis that caused the recession was another big problem that sent the economy spiraling downward. Our 14 trillion dollar debt shows that this country is in danger of one day losing its seat of power just like Rome did. Gladiator does a good job of showing examples of the reasons Rome declined in real life and also, it portrays scary similarities between Rome and modern America. It also does a good job of illustrating the social, political, and economic problems that brought Rome down. If America doesn’t change it will become the next Roman empire story. If things don’t change the government will collapse and the country will come crashing down. If Americans don’t change the way they do things soon, we will be the next fallen empire school children read about in their history books, in the next superpower
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