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Date Posted: 14:29:33 03/08/02 Fri
Author: Colin Martin
Subject: Re: topic 3
In reply to: j curboy 's message, "topic 3" on 05:21:40 02/26/02 Tue

The Romans were so successful and actualy did succeed in lasting for 1000 years. They had their up and their downs but mainly they were able to keep standing. When they ran into a situation were the Emperor would be in trouble or in some way hurt or slow down the progress of rome, such as when Ciliqula was in power and he started ot go crazy. He would stage public assasinations of people just for the entertainment. Yet the government kept on moving because it was set up so well. Rome would enter a political problem or struggle and would continue to keep the empire going. One of the first things that I think led to the downfall of Rome was slavery. Every now and then a group of slaves would try to revolt. This is always a threat and can not be good. Sparticus led one of the greatest. He gathered slaves arevolted. This lasted for about 3 years or so. In America's earlier days there were slave revolts that were luckey to have lasted 3 days let alone 3 whole years. But unlike America, Rome never stoped slavery and it continued untill Rome's end. One key thing that led to their downfall more towards the end of their rein was the Teutonic tribes who were positioned outside of Rome and became more and more powerful untill Rome could no longer hold them off. Another thing is, back then there were very few areas of the world that cometitive contries were even civilized. Therefore there were very little competitive powers that would want to take over Rome, especaily once Rome reached its full size and completly surounded the meditaranian. Compared to today when the entire planet is full of countries that would love to be known as the most powerful civilization of its time. A modern culture that rose up and fell would be England. England before America was even around was the most powerful country in the world. People will argue that France was, but I'm sure that it wasn't. England had an Anarchy with a King's and Queens. England came over and took over most of the eastern shore of North America. They called the land America. In time over a coarse of about 150 years the American colonies of Britan rose in power and population. Eventualy the colonies were sick of England so they tried to leave. This spart the Revolutionary War. The colonies won over the greatest power in the world. This showed that England would not last forever. They slowly went down hill but never quite fell, they just slowly became less powerful than the countries around them.

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[> Re: topic 3 -- Dave, 14:48:05 03/08/02 Fri

The Romans were thinkers. Their government plan was almost flawless. That is the main reason they sustained their power for so long. This downfall cannot be blamed on one event. There were plenty of minor faults in the Roman society that eventually led to their downfall. Although this process was very gradual, there were a few events that eventually ruined the Romans. Such as slavery and poor leadership by some of the emperors.
In the beginning of their reign, the Romans seemed like they would rule forever. It seemed as though they were invincible. The Romans knew they were an intimidating force so they conquered every little weakling civilisation they could find. This worked for quite some time. And then came the slaves and then went the Romans flawless society. A few cases of bad leadership tossed them in the trash. They were much like the French, who seemed to have a good empire going until bad leadership killed their reign as well. The Romans would not have lasted as long if it wasn't for their government which provided other leaders besides the emperors. The government protected the empire from one man ruining it. It took many men over many years to finally force the Romans to throw in the towel.

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