The Roman Empire: The Collapse Of The Roman Republic

The crisis of the Roman Empire was all connected to the politics within the Roman Republic. The political aspect influence the social and economic factors to why the Roman Republic fell. This crisis escalated into the collapse of the Roman Republic because in created an incapable governing body. There were many leaders who were able to keep the Roman Republic going, however once they were no longer in a high position, the Roman Republic were unable to keep order. The Roman Republic’s fall began when they changed their way of governing. “The senate had become the effective governing body of the Roman state. It had achieved this position through its own initiative-not through law, but by custom (Spielvogel 135).” The Roman senate and magistracies were eventually dominated by nobiles. “The nobiles were essentially the men whose families were elected to the more important political officers of the Republic. In the hundred years from 233 to 133 B.C.E., 80 percent if the consuls came from …show more content…
“He believed in a “concord of the orders,” meaning the cooperation of the equestrians and senators. In effect, Ciero harked back to the days of collective rule, a time when political leaders were motivated to work together for the good of the Roman state (Spielvogel 138).” His belief was very similar to the rule the Roman’s had before the crisis. If the concord of the orders was followed, the Roman Republic may not have fallen. However, the greed for power proved Cicero’s plan unable to work. I do not believe the individual’s greed for power is the reason Cicero’s attempts to save the Republic failed. I believe Cicero’s lack of knowledge to leading a military was the reason his attempts failed. Cicero had to appoint Pompey to lead the Roman army, and “the senate felt that Pompey had become too powerful, and they now refused to grant his wishes after his return from the east (Spielvogel