The Most Influential Tool Of An Empire The most influential tool of an empire, in its quest to consolidate and expand is government leadership. To expand power, the empire needs a strong and controlled government. The Roman empire didn’t have a strong and controlled government and caused it to fall. The assassination of the emperors caused the empire to grow weaker. In addition, the military became weaker and lazier. Not only did the military weaker and lazier, the Roman’s economic system was corrupted as taxes were very severe and unethical men inflicted injuries on others. In Mauryan empire, the government there was stable and unified. The empire carefully organized a bureaucratic system, and was able to maintain security and political unity
