al. (2001) state that in Rome, citizens could ‘...drink Greek wine out of a Syrian glass as they enjoyed a meal of British oysters presented on a French silver platter...’ This essay will prove that ‘ancient Roman people had better lives than ancient Greek people’ through the discussion and comparison of ancient Greek & ancient Roman power, entertainment and women. Ancient Rome was the most powerful civilisation in the ancient world. Its immense power was partially due to its undefeatable army, which was the best trained army in the ancient world, and managed to conquer lands, protect the Roman Empire’s borders and keep the people under control, according to Jo Eshuys et al., 2001. Ancient Greece’s army, on the other hand, was practically non-existent due to the mountainous terrain throughout Greece that prevented significant land travel.
Caesar’s military prowess and his reforms crafted him into the extraordinary person that historians all recognize as great. When Caesar created the First Triumvirate alongside Pompey and Crassus, he was allotted the Roman lands of Cisalpine Gaul, Narbonese Gaul, and Illyricum in addition to four legions of about five thousand soldiers each (Source 1). Caesar immediately put his army to use by invading, and eventually conquering all of Gaul. Although his army was physically smaller and often outnumbered, his superior fighting tactics allowed his army to defeat the Celts. Another beneficial factor towards Caesar’s conquest was the disunity of the Gallic tribes, which was reminiscent of the Greek city-states.
The Han dynasty went through their golden age around 600 C.E. While ancient Rome went through their golden age in 63 B.C and ended in 14 A.D. Ancient Rome's golden age was also known as the "Pax Romana" which means Roman peace. In ancient Rome they had many great leaders who helped to recreate Rome. For example Augustus Caesar was one of the people who were responsible for Rome's golden age.
They also built forts which help protect them when in battle. This made a big impact on the empire because it made it easier and happier; easier by building forts to help battles and happier to build aqueducts to give clean water. Trade; The Romans did a lot of trading. Goods
The Romans were one of the first civilizations of their kind, their 1000 year reign of power found them Making new discoveries and inventions out of necessity to support their ever growing society. As the roman empire grew, cities became larger and larger, as did the recourse requirements to keep them sustained. The Romans found that a high population compact city could be very productive, and very powerful, but the natural resources in the immediate area became too sparse to support the massive growth. Most towns prior to the roman empire were small enough in population that resources such as food and water could be taken easily from the surrounding areas without fully depleting them. And waste could be easily disposed of because f the relatively small amount.
The caste system which was a part of their religion mostly gave order to the land. However, both empires were ruled by emperors which benefitted each significantly. Even though they differed, they both had great leaders that expanded their countries by conquest. Mauryan Emperor is seen as the greatest Indian Emperor while Rome had many great emperors like Augustus and Vespasian. Mauryan expanded the Central Asian country as many of the great leaders of Rome did.
This was going to be another problem for Cicero as all consulships had been held by the top 20 families in Rome, something he was not part of. Much of the reason for the top 20 families being elected was their patron client networks. These networks consisted of rich upper class Romans (patrons) who had poor Romans (clients) dependant on them as a means to survive, in return for food and money the clients would vote for whoever their patron asked. As we all know Cicero did achieve his consulship dream, yet he done it with the “New Man” status. This
The British Colonies Although not quite as democratic as our lives, the British Colonies in the 18th century were a haven for liberty, democracy, and new ways of thinking, because they were considerably more advanced in comparison to the world around them. Equality is an essential part of a democracy, and even more democratic systems were appearing in the Colonies. To ensure equality everyone needs to have an equal say in the government. The only citizens allowed to vote were wealthy, adult, white males, but it’s estimated 50%-80% enjoyed the freedom, a considerable advantage to the 5% in Britain. Occupied with other matters, the British Empire wasn’t able to completely control the colonies and as a result they developed independent governments.
One of the pyramids was over 450 feet tall, which is a major accomplishment not just in ancient Egypt time, but present time as well because it was raised entirely by hand. Throughout the Old Kingdom the pyramids slowly got behind schedule and weren’t able to be completed. Well building all of these pyramids is where the government became stronger. The centralizing of royal estates throughout the land helped do this. With the centralizing, necessary resources for building the pyramids were easy to obtain.
The cost was kept low and by 1926 six cars a minute were rolling off the assembly lines to keep up with demand. Another effect of this mass production was high employment; factories needed a lot of labour work. Component industries also benefited as they needed to supply large amounts of rubber, steel, glass and even road - by 1929 four million jobs depended on the car industry. Another important factor was due to the impact of The First World War. The European economies were exhausted by the cost of waging a long war.