How Did Ancient Rome Fall
The ancient world’s greatest empire fell, so does that mean our country could face the same fate? Rome lays on the Western side of Italy; a mere 30 miles away from the Tiber River. Ancient Rome was home to one million people, a feat that could not be surpassed by another city until more than a thousand years later.But the most impressive part is how Ancient Rome managed to capture 1.699 million miles of land. Their success came from the sheer size of their skillful army and the devoted patriotism ingrained within their culture. The empire lasted a total of five hundred seven years under many emperors, one of them being the infamous Julius Caesar. Ancient Rome was very innovative, for example; the empire built aqueducts that transported water
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Ancient Rome did not have a standard practice for choosing emperors. Consequently, it was the old emperor, the general army, and his private army that chose the new emperor. The new emperor would award riches to those who voted him to power. These people were not fit to be the emperor and as a result, they abused their power and ultimately drove the empire into oblivion.This is so because in the text it says “ This system worked fine for a while, but later, after 186 A.D., the practice of selling the throne to the highest bidder made it difficult to have good rulers. “ First off, this system allowed just about anyone with money to become powerful. The problem is that the people who were elected were not properly trained. They did not care for the welfare of the people: they only cared about themselves hence they abused their power as emperor to gain personal wealth. Additionally, it also stated, “ In fact, there were 37 different emperors during a 100-year period with 25 of them being removed from office by assassination.”Secondly, there being 37 different emperors during a 100-year period is obviously a result of the bidding. Especially with 25 emperors being removed from office via assassination. Imagine how bad they had to be to for people to assassinate instead of impeaching them. So that is 25/37, which means at least 67% of the emperors were horrible to the people. Now how does this all apply to the falling of the empire? The emperor is the one who makes all the decisions and judgments so of course, they are going to be responsible for everything within the empire. If the empire is overthrown then, it is reasonable to presume that the ruler must have had some part in this as they are the “brain” of the empire. They are the ones who made the decisions leading to the empire’s death.To make matters worse, the
Ancient Rome did not have a standard practice for choosing emperors. Consequently, it was the old emperor, the general army, and his private army that chose the new emperor. The new emperor would award riches to those who voted him to power. These people were not fit to be the emperor and as a result, they abused their power and ultimately drove the empire into oblivion.This is so because in the text it says “ This system worked fine for a while, but later, after 186 A.D., the practice of selling the throne to the highest bidder made it difficult to have good rulers. “ First off, this system allowed just about anyone with money to become powerful. The problem is that the people who were elected were not properly trained. They did not care for the welfare of the people: they only cared about themselves hence they abused their power as emperor to gain personal wealth. Additionally, it also stated, “ In fact, there were 37 different emperors during a 100-year period with 25 of them being removed from office by assassination.”Secondly, there being 37 different emperors during a 100-year period is obviously a result of the bidding. Especially with 25 emperors being removed from office via assassination. Imagine how bad they had to be to for people to assassinate instead of impeaching them. So that is 25/37, which means at least 67% of the emperors were horrible to the people. Now how does this all apply to the falling of the empire? The emperor is the one who makes all the decisions and judgments so of course, they are going to be responsible for everything within the empire. If the empire is overthrown then, it is reasonable to presume that the ruler must have had some part in this as they are the “brain” of the empire. They are the ones who made the decisions leading to the empire’s death.To make matters worse, the