The magistrates made laws and decided the most important decisions affecting the state. When Emperor Augustus died, popular elections were outdated. It was expected instead that the imperial household would produce the successor to Roman power. The power had moved from the hands of the people, to imperial rulers, their households, and their heirs. This dramatic change was the culmination of civil strife and open warfare that created the conditions for powerful men to dominate the state, and to exclude the will and
In conclusion, there are main factors that caused the demolition of the Roman Republic. A senate that grew and changed and ultimately turned on themselves. A military that expansion that led to winning the battles of the Roman enemies but loss of men and loyalty to senate. Generals who, although have different views of Roman government but join forces and then battle themselves. You have senators that are not supporting their fellow senators.
One of the causes of the decline of the Roman and Han Empire is the internal problems within the state. The problem in the Han Empire involved the development of fractions within the ranks of the ruling elites. That led to backstabbing among the ruling elites which in turn reduced the effectiveness of the central government. Like the Han, the Roman Empire emperors faced internal opposition. One of the problems was that there was fewer that twenty- six claimants to the imperial throne, known as the “barracks emperors.” Generals was mainly who seized power, held it briefly, and then suddenly lost it between rivals.
Therefore, he divided the people in the Roman territory into districts and townships depending on location, with the four in the city called city tribes while in other in other parts called rural tribes, and all paid taxes and served in the military. He also organized people into classes called centuries, with regard to their wealth. Although this arrangement was meant for military purposes, it transformed to the political character, with the wealthiest level of century becoming the political and the legislative body. This arrangement saw Rome be stronger, more united, better organized than before, and gain power over its
During the last centuries of the Classical Era, the world became witness to the downfall of leading civilizations such as Rome, China, and India. In western Rome, the government and society of the area, both previously considered to be at the apex of stability and creativity, devolved into positions of fragmentation and decline; however, in the eastern segments of the Roman Empire there was a political continuity of a centralized state later becoming the Byzantine Empire. At this time, the world also experienced new interaction between rural and urban people and the beginnings of the decline of empires such as the Han Dynasty. Due to a strong centralized government backed by an equally strong military, the Roman Empire experienced a golden age known as the Pax Romana in 100 C.E. The Roman Empire at this time was very large as it stretched from North Africa to the northern parts of the Britannica.
Secondly the adoption of Christianity ruined unity in Rome. Thirdly Rome`s military short comings ruined their civilization in the long run. In conclusion the Roman Empire caused its own demise. Rome`s economic policies created an unsustainable Rome. When the Roman system of capturing foreign lands and enslaving them started to fail so did the Roman economy, the over inflation of the Roman economy lead to a loss of economic freedom, the Romans lack of innovation lead to an
Another event that showed the decline of Ancient Rome was when the empire was split into two nations with two emperors. The main reason for the split was the geographical and political factors that was causing the empire to have some disturbances among their providences due to not having the emperor presented when they needed his guidance or advices on was needed. The emperor could not be at two places at once to take care of matter that requested his presence all the time and the many laws and rules were not follow by everyone in the empire due to the time it took to get the message around the whole empire. Plus in the past travels between the different parts of the empire use to take months to get around while now a leader has the technology and mode of transportations that make them possible to make decision and be present at different location that
The factors that lead to a Prussian victory and the Unification of Germany were their advanced military system, their universal conscription, railways, and the French inability to establish military alliances with other nations. To begin, one of the primary causes of French military collapse during the Franco-Prussian war was because of the extensive military education of the Prussian war staff. The difference between the Prussian General Staff system and the French Staff system were that the Officers in Prussia were promoted and assigned tasks based on their merit (skill/experience) not their wealth or social class allowing for better trained and experienced officers of war . The Prussian General Staff system also had a full-time group at the head of the army that was responsible for continuous study of every aspect of war as well as reviewing plans for the active military campaign . These select few at the head of the army were together in a main headquarters where they could oversee and lead troops into position and organize the war effort.
Since he was an autocratic ruler, revolts had stopped and reform was only made through the state. He hired bureaucrats from outside of the aristocracy in order to increase the power of the state. The bureaucrats were under looked after by secret police. This reformation influenced changes in politics, economics and culture. Western principles were copied in the organization of the bureaucracy and military.
Rome: March Towards an Empire A republic plagued with civil wars and social infighting is bound to not remain a republic long. Such was the fate of Rome. The final years of the Roman Republic saw nearly a dozen civil wars; the final war, the Battle of Actium, ultimately leading to the Republic's demise. In such turmoil, as power becomes instable and violence common, a nation seemingly begs for the emergence of someone to stabilize and bring order to a chaotic state; someone to claim power above the squabbling factions; essentially a dictator. Rome also had such a figure -- in Julius Caesar.