Compare And Contrast Ancient Rome And The Common Good
The Roman Empire and the Common Good
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Rome had ways and arrangements that help them function. They had parts that work very well and was successful, while others were unfair and not as successful.
Purpose of Government Provide public service Grade A
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Rome was very advanced, romans had public roads where carriages drove, they had public baths were a man or women could wash up by putting a special kind of mud on their whole body and washing themselves in a lake. They also had a public police, hospital, and fire department. Great and highly advanced Roman waterway system are among the greatest accomplishments in the ancient world. The running water, indoor plumbing …show more content…
They were tired of being ruled by kings. They wanted to rule themselves. So after years of fighting against the last king of Rome, Tarquin the people of Rome created a new form of government. It was called a republic. In a republic, every citizen votes for leaders who create their laws. But only adult free men could be citizens. That meant women, children and slaves were not citizens, and could not vote or hold place in the government. They also wanted to make sure that the law applied to everyone, rich and poor. So they engraved the law on tablets of metal and put them in the forum for everyone to read. These laws were called the Twelve Tables because there had twelve different sections. These laws were about crime and property and family matters like marriage and …show more content…
No women. Every Roman soldier was a Roman citizen. He had to be at least 20 years old. Men were not supposed to get married while he was a soldier. Most soldiers in the Roman empire came from countries outside Italy. There were Roman soldiers from Africa, France, Germany, the Balkans, Spain and the Middle East. Soldiers had to stay in the army for at least 25 years. Then they could retire, with a gift of land to farm. There were other levels/league of but soldiers legionaries were the best Roman soldiers, and the best paid. Depending on the level or how good the soldiers were ones got paid more than the others soldiers. They often settled down at an old age together, in a military town or coast. Romans had very advanced armor and were designed as years went by new styles of protection were made and mixed into the legions. It was not unusual to have the men of a legion to wear a mix of different types of armor. There was quite a lot of different types of style that could be found in each armor type. In a particular legion one soldier's mail armor may have had straight edges. His companion may have been wearing mail edged with a zig-zag cut. Still another soldier might have extra flaps of mail on the
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Rome had ways and arrangements that help them function. They had parts that work very well and was successful, while others were unfair and not as successful.
Purpose of Government Provide public service Grade A
http://historylink101.com/2/Rome/roman-aquaducts.htm
Rome was very advanced, romans had public roads where carriages drove, they had public baths were a man or women could wash up by putting a special kind of mud on their whole body and washing themselves in a lake. They also had a public police, hospital, and fire department. Great and highly advanced Roman waterway system are among the greatest accomplishments in the ancient world. The running water, indoor plumbing …show more content…
They were tired of being ruled by kings. They wanted to rule themselves. So after years of fighting against the last king of Rome, Tarquin the people of Rome created a new form of government. It was called a republic. In a republic, every citizen votes for leaders who create their laws. But only adult free men could be citizens. That meant women, children and slaves were not citizens, and could not vote or hold place in the government. They also wanted to make sure that the law applied to everyone, rich and poor. So they engraved the law on tablets of metal and put them in the forum for everyone to read. These laws were called the Twelve Tables because there had twelve different sections. These laws were about crime and property and family matters like marriage and …show more content…
No women. Every Roman soldier was a Roman citizen. He had to be at least 20 years old. Men were not supposed to get married while he was a soldier. Most soldiers in the Roman empire came from countries outside Italy. There were Roman soldiers from Africa, France, Germany, the Balkans, Spain and the Middle East. Soldiers had to stay in the army for at least 25 years. Then they could retire, with a gift of land to farm. There were other levels/league of but soldiers legionaries were the best Roman soldiers, and the best paid. Depending on the level or how good the soldiers were ones got paid more than the others soldiers. They often settled down at an old age together, in a military town or coast. Romans had very advanced armor and were designed as years went by new styles of protection were made and mixed into the legions. It was not unusual to have the men of a legion to wear a mix of different types of armor. There was quite a lot of different types of style that could be found in each armor type. In a particular legion one soldier's mail armor may have had straight edges. His companion may have been wearing mail edged with a zig-zag cut. Still another soldier might have extra flaps of mail on the