The Ancient Roman Military’s Keys to Success Mitt Romney, a very influential politician of our time, once said that one must “insist on a military so powerful no one would ever think of challenging it.” Although Romney is a modern politician, the idea of military dominance is ancient, dating back to the time of Ancient Rome. The Romans knew that their empire would only be successful with an intimidating and powerful army, and upon being threatened, decided to reform their military so it would become one of the greatest in history. Ancient Rome was successful militarily because of the size, organization and discipline, and tactics and strategy of their infantry forces. Like every other great empire, Rome didn’t simply become great overnight. From 650 BC to 509 BC, an Italian tribe referred to as the Etruscans dominated the Northern Italy, including Rome.
The Han dynasty also followed the tradition of the Sui dynasty and used civil service exams to appoint government officials which favored the poor and allowed them to move up in the world. There emperor ruled with extreme power and control and there dynasty prospered. The Roman Empire was a republic which relied on the judicial, executive, and a legislative branch just as our government does today. The most powerful governing body in ancient Rome was the Roman senate until the period in time in which Caesar Augustus came to power and became the first emperor of Rome. Rome used its strong military forces to govern its lands and the surrounding territories in which they captured.
What was the status of women during the empire? Roman law vested immense authority in male heads of families. Usually the eldest male ruled the household as pater familias. Roman law gave the pater familias the authority to arrange marriage for his children, determine the work they would perform, and punish them when he saw fit. He had the right to sell them into slavery or execute them.
Compare/Contrast Rome and India Rome and India both rose from a land that had simple farms into great empires, though they may not be alike in every quality. Rome might have fallen before India ever truly began, but time both revealed the potential of these prominent societies. Rome and India both have similarities and differences in government, religion, and social standings. Firstly, Rome and India's government varied quite vastly from each other yet shared some commonalities. Undoubtedly, Rome came to greatness by rigid laws that tied the kingdom together as well as a Republic.
The Romans introduced a system of politics where the entire kingdom would be governed from one central town. The first Roman capital was Colchester but later became London. The Romans united all tribes into one kingdom but left tribal leaders to keep the title of “king” although they had no real power. The Romans brought their standard currency into the areas they conquered. As they gained more power, the tribes of Britain accepted the new currency because it made trading easier.
At the was a leader in republic country where the people are not involved with the decisions. Therefore, Julius Caesar had most for the power in his country and was able to form a large army. “With the help of the army at his command, it was possible to conquer new territories and so gain a triumph and the pleasure of knowing that your name would be remembered forever in statues and inscribed in monuments, paid for by the war” (Summary of Julius Caesar's Life and Death). As time went on Julius Caser began to develop more power over the years. Julius made his way to praetor ship by 62 BC and many of the senate felt he was a dangerous, ambitious man.
For years under the liberal government the elites had benefited from the system of trasformismo. The trasformismo was a system whereby different prime ministers were appointed on a regular basis and political parties switched preferences constantly in order to help other parties come to power due to proportional representation. The Elites benefited from this system as they could manipulate the system in order to get what they wanted in order to help their financial situations. The elites saw Mussolini as just another trasformismo prime minister and that he would be out of power as quick as he came in, this allowed Mussolini to gain power as he needed to gain this powerful position in order to progress any further as without being prime minister he couldn’t establish a dictatorship. The elites gave Mussolini the initial power he needed and therefore they
And waste could be easily disposed of because f the relatively small amount. The problems Rome started to encounter were that the demands of their massive empire were greater then what the area could provide, so they were forced to look further for water, food, and ways to get rid of their waste. This forced innovations such as sewers, aqueducts and roads. Roman Ingenuity created techniques and materials that are still being used today, by almost all cultures. They invented the first evolution of cements, which enabled architecture and engineering to advance leaps and bounds over previous cultures and styles of building.
Tanvir Ahmed 10/23/11 Mr. Borthwick Period 7 A Comparison of the Political Structures of Imperial Rome and the Han Dynasty The world in which we inhabit has seen the rise and fall of numerous civilizations ever since mankind first began to organize itself into an advance state of human society marked by a high level of science, culture, industry, and government. The most important aspect of civilization may very well be government, or in other words organized political direction and control. Without a government a civilization could never hope to stay a cohesive and powerful structure, surely chaos would erupt without control and order. This is very true of Imperial Rome (44 BCE–1453 CE) and Han China (206 BCE–220 CE). Both eras were regarded as the Golden Ages of their respective civilizations but the glories the Golden Ages brought could have never been achieved if a system of political structure was not present to ensure advancement went smoothly until the point Imperial Rome and Han China became the political hegemony of the Mediterranean and East Asia respectively.
Rome rose because they had a weapon called ‘enfranchisement.’ Rome was Italy’s capital in the territories of the Roman Empire citizens had rights and privileges, with good government, security and a good justice system (Roman-Empire.net). Rome was a republic, and was not governed by emperors, but was governed by the Roman senate. 3 The Roman army was a great success in