Re: topic 3 -- Early World History, Level I

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Date Posted: 06:32:57 03/10/02 Sun
Author: Justin Neel
Subject: Re: topic 3
In reply to: Justin Neel 's message, "Re: topic 3" on 20:54:12 03/08/02 Fri

( i dont know if its too late, the first was a quick colloquial draft)

The Romans lasted for so long for several reasons, one of which is that their government was well liked during it's time, they gave people food and money, however when they ran out of food and money, they gave people entertainment. And when the citezens were bored, they maintained the military as well.

The surrounding civilizations were scared because of the roman phylosophy of getting revenge. No matter who attacked them, the Romans would want to get revenge, that is exactly what they got. When the Romans attacked Zama, took the men, women, and children as slaves, and sold the slaves back in Rome. In Rome, at this time, there were so many slaves in Rome, that the price of slaves started dropping. When the price of slaves dropped, the economy dropped, because it was cheaper to employ slaves that didn't as for pay, then pay many roman citezens to work for you. Roman Citezens got fed up with the government, because of lost money, and lost houses. These are not good things, and subsequently, the government is no longer in the people's favor. So then the government changed to a monarchy type structure. They had emperors, and some were, Octavian, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero. Some of these emperors were bad, but the one disliked the most was Caligula. He was mentally unstable, and bored, and in a desperate attempt to find humor and entertainment, started executing people left and right. Even and especially his royal guards disliked him. As any polite Roman does unto one they dislike, the guards did to Caligula (they killed him). So the five emperors come and go, and many of them die unnatural deaths. The economy is still dropping, and Rome's culture and society come to a screeching halt. In short, they are no longer on top.

Another reason they stayed on the top for so long was, they would just copy ideas from other civilizations, and make them better, so they kept their city well maintained, and their people entertained, therefore keeping the government liked, and they stayed on top.

These behaviours can be related to several modern cultures, for example: The United States of America. The USA beat the British and gain our independence. The USA survives a vicious civil war, and comes out as one country, proving its strength. They move on to defeat Germany and Japan twice in both of the world wars. The USA is on the top of the world for a while. At this very point, the United State's economy is dropping. It's obvious by the stock market's drops, and soon enough, the government will start to be disliked. Then people will become unhappy, lose homes...ect. Eventually, the great USA's pole position is lost, and civilizations that are rising right now, like Russia, will soon be in power. This is why the Romans stayed on top for so long, and this is exactly what could happen to The United States of America.-Justin

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