With this it decreased taxes collected and kept them from being able pay troops. The weak economy was the catalyst for the fall of the Western Roman Empire. If the Roman leaders had not been so power hungry and cause civil wars, brining chaos to the Roman government, then perhaps they could have been prepared for the German tribes that were coming in to capture Rome. It is apparent, through all of the problems that came to the late Roman Empire, the Roman treasury by barbarian tribes, discontinuing of trade between the east and west that the leaders of Rome following the Pax Romana were not paying adequate attention to the state of the empire. If they had been ruling sufficiently, then most of these problems that Rome faced could and would have been avoided, and the empire would have restored
People expected John to be as good as his brother and when he didn’t meet their expectations, they gave him a hard time and called him a bad king. Another reason that John was called a bad king was because he lost a lot of land in France. Some say that this is because he was idle but when the matter is looked into, we discover that it was actually because he didn’t have the baron’s support. Afraid that they would lose their land in France, they betrayed John and promised that they would be loyal to Philip whilst over in France. John was not a typical medieval king; he was very interested in his people.
Throughout these speeches, some men occasionally proved their worth by acquiring an equivalent position held by their predecessors but most made it seem that the debt owed to their ancestors was far too great. Cicero had no opportunity to speak about his ancestors the same way, for they were not rendered illustrious nor enjoyed popular favour.2 He also warned his son about living up to a distinguished name, and how the eyes of the world will turn upon him, his life and character scrutinised in good deeds and bad.3 The value of ancestry also flowed into Roman funeral processions. This commonly involved a parade of ancestral portraits, which was offered as respect to the deceased; and destined every member of the family that had ever existed to be present at their descendant’s funeral.4 People attending the funeral would listen to the details from orators about the virtues and successes accomplished by the deceased. Afterwards they would
Many people believe another fault of the League of Nations that contributed to war was; how they appeased Hitler by letting him have Czechoslovakia. They did this because they thought it would reduce chances of war, yet Hitler soon broke the agreement they had made and war started. Although many people would argue that the above cause was the fault of the League of Nations, I disagree because, if Hitler had not been so aggressively demanding, they would not have needed to appease him. However, the League of Nations is not completely without fault, Italy was disappointed by the League of Nations as she was denied territory promised by Britain and France. This lead Mussolini and Italy to join forces with Germany, making them bear resentment and wanting war.
Client Kingdoms * He restored some friendly kings and princes to their former thrones and found kingdoms for others he favoured. * Gave his friend Herrod Agrippa the territories belonging to his uncles. * Generally anti-Semitic policies destabilised that region * Use of client kings did some damage in his removal of Pro-Roman king of Armenia Gaius’ Civil Administration * Gaius was not interested in administration, because it was not fitting for a God, and he was of the Hellenistic monarch view that everyone should support
The challenges facing each society are quite different. Rome had a series of leaders that were not only inept, but they may have been mentally disturbed. These leaders were known as the Julio-Claudian, or Bad Emperors. Some of these bad emperors include Nero, Caligula, and Domitan. In the United States, some may dislike the President, but never in our history have we had a leader that killed members of his
Imperialism had divided the Roman Empire into two halves, east and west, with one getting steadily weaker. The migrations of people mixed barbarian and Roman culture. The Roman army was later allowed to marry while in service. This caused questioning of loyalties and morale when fighting the culture that the Roman soldiers had integrated into. This combined with a weak senate, too many slaves and many weak leaders interspersed with a few good ones caused the fall of the Roman Empire.
The ramifications of Rome’s expansions and rise to power were the inevitable fall of the republic and rise of the empire. Although other factors contributed to the fall of the republic, such as the reign of Julius Caesar, most of the reasons for this monumental switch are rooted in the Punic Wars. As the boundaries of Rome’s jurisdiction spread over the Mediterranean in the second and third century BCE, the senate proved to be inept at adjusting its method of governing. Richard Edwin Smith explains in The Failure of the Roman Republic that Rome, by means of the Punic Wars, became a powerful state in the Mediterranean world without fully realizing it. While Rome may have grown during this period, he says, “there was no change in her mental outlook to correspond to her changed position” (Smith, 50).
Clearly this was quite a vigorous act, Cicero undertook this in full knowledge it could perhaps lead to his death as Caesar’s army, though lacking numbers, was full of war veterans. However one could call this acting against the republic, as Cicero spent more time with Pompey and his legions it was clear that the upkeep of the republic was not the motive of war but defeating Caesar was. He quarrelled with several of the more prominent Pompeian commanders over their eagerness to shed Roman blood. In Cicero’s opinion, the Pompeians had lost all sense of perspective in their lust to destroy
The Roman Republic was facing internal problems that would cause it to ultimately collapse into the Roman Empire. Including social unrest between the classes and military entering into politics, among other reasons, the Roman Republic crumbled under itself and gave way to the beginning of new government. A second triumvirate ended with civil war and the Republic was over; however, Octavian created the Roman Empire in its place. Because of the stabilizing government, strong legal system and increasing trade, the Pax Romana was able to remain tied together for about 210 years. The Roman Republic was struggling to remain in power but the social unrest was a not a helping factor in helping the Republic to last for a while longer.