Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the largest and most powerful political state in the western civilization. However, Rome has not always been an Empire. It developed from only a small town and expanded after time to one of the most influential Empire around the Mediterranean sea. Inspired by the drive to expand and by the nature of absorbing other cultures into their own, they created an innovative spirit, which transformed the rural Europe into urban areas. These achievements could not have been achieved…

The Roman Empire lasted for a very long time. It was the most “extensive political and social structure in western civilization” (Mark). The Roman Empire was at its height in c. 117CE and by 285 CE it had grown too large to be ruled by a central government. This is when it was divided into a Western and Eastern Empire. There were many rulers and many dynasties during this time. The Roman Empire influenced much of western civilization and left many and lasting contributions to western…

Throughout the first three centuries, Christianity faced persecution from the Roman Empire. The Roman Empire was one of the most powerful and influential empires in history. Roman allies associated themselves with Roman traditions. Despite the division of the Roman Empire, Christians continued to be persecuted. Constantine, one of Caesar’s sons from the Tetrarchy, would go on to become emperor of Rome and challenged traditional beliefs. Under the rule of Constantine, he implemented a series of…

Spectacles in the Roman Empire The spectacles were an important tool for social cohesion in the Roman Empire. These spectacles started to fill the city of Rome even before the Empire began to increase its power throughout other lands. What started as something with an entire religious background, soon would become only a political tool that would serve politicians to control people and make them change their opinions on the serious issues that their government or Empire were living at that time…

The Roman empire has been considered one of the vastest and architecturally advanced cities throughout the centuries, with future generations building their empire off the influence of the Romans. During Rome’s era, it was considered the center of development, and its great advancements would influence surrounding cities to adapt similar structures, including the aqueduct system. Rome was not the first empire to adapt a sanitation system. The romans first adapted the idea of a flushing toilet…

The Roman Empire ruled over different countries, races, religions and languages for a long pe-riod of time. Oxford defines the word ‚decline’ as follows: „A continuous decrease in the num-ber, value, quality etc. of sth“ (Turnbull, 2010, p. 393). Therefore it is important to consider, as mentioned, the number, value and quality of the aspects of Roman life which represents a mat-ter of religion, culture and politics which are all influencing each others. In addition ‘decline’ is a long-term…

The triumph of Christianity in the Roman Empire started with a young rabbi teaching radical Judaism. Jesus Christ, the young rabbi, taught a reformation of Jewish religion. He taught love and nonjudgmental ideology while he associated with unclean people such as foreigners, tax collectors, prostitute, and people with leprosy. The teachings of Jesus Christ created a large following of people. The followers spread throughout the Roman Empire the image of a divine being that could heal people, cure…

The trouble of having such a large Empire because of overexpansion was not just limited to the army however. Communication was a huge problem in regard to the central action Emperors tried to command. A colossal imagination is required to understand the hardship of collecting accurate and precise information in the Roman world. Even ruling just half of it, you were still trying to control an area larger than the modern day European Union minus the luxuries of mobile phones, planes and superfast…

Many Emperors during the Roman Empire ruled with power. They used the military force to keep their subjects under control by instilling fear in the people. However, not every Roman Emperor ruled through power. Trajan, the emperor from 98-117, ruled through a combination of benevolent acts and decisive action. He used the power of the military to expand the borders of the empire and fix inflation, but he designed and promoted policies to improve the living conditions and job opportunities of the…

Introduction History has been scattered with great empires that rise and fall. Modern examples such as the USSR or Hitler’s shortly realized Nazi European Empire, and ancient examples such as Alexander the Greats Greek Empire, all shared the same trait of covering vast amounts of territory whilst encompassing different minorities, majorities, religions and races. The Roman Empire is one such empire that stretched from England to Egypt and covered the entire circumference of the Mediterranean Sea…