topic 3 -- Early World History, Level I

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Date Posted: 07:13:26 03/11/02 Mon
Author: julie harrington
Subject: topic 3

The Romans were a very strong civilization for a long time before their downfall. They involved many of their citizens with their decisions in government, therefore were able to maintain unity with their citizens. Rome was also very strong because of their ability to conquer other civilizations. They had a very strong militia that could easily defeat many of the other civilizations. But like all civilizations, Rome�s empire started to decline.

The fall of Rome happened for many reasons. After Rome defeated Carthage, they took all the survivors, and made them slaves. This caused many problems. Many people ended up losing their jobs in Rome, because they had the slaves to do it for them. Many Romans ended up getting no income, which made them poor. The rulers of Rome also contributed to the downfall of Rome. Rulers like the five Julio-Claudius� destroyed Rome by the way they ruled it.

We can compare the United States to the Romans because of our government, and our ways of fighting. We think of ourselves as inferior in the world, and now are beginning to realize that others can defeat us. For example September 11th showed us how we are not inferior to all the other countries, and that in fact they might have the same weapons as us, and are not afraid to stand up to us. Also the way the Christian religion is turning out with all the priests being accused of being rapists. Christianity is probably our biggest religion in the United States and it seems as if our religion is dying by the way people think of it now. The Romans thought they were everything, and that no one could beat them, and I think the United States felt that way for awhile until a cruel awakening from the Afghanistan�s when they bombed us.

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