Every civilization relies on a good economy for it to survive. ... To deal with the money problems the Emperors were having in the government, they decided that it would be a good idea to tax the citizens. ... It consisted of over 200,000 soldiers who had to train for 25 years with low pay and in hard conditions. ... One of the most important elements in the decline of military power was the scarcity of Romanized soldiers. ... With these untrained soldiers enlisting in the organization it fell apart and the chaos began. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Was Caesar intending to make Rome a global power house for the good of the people or was it just to build is name, his legacy and to conquer the world for himself? ... This man started off by conquering and spreading Romes empire, building roads and sharing land from the rich to the lower class it was almost too good. ... The Pharaoh of Egypt, King Ptolemy was so scared of Caesar that he turned on an old ally in Pompeii and had him killed to keep on Julius' good side. ... Julius' decisions were based on impulse at many times, he thought that a good leader needed to be able to make t...

• Word Count: 3043
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• Grade Level: High School

The audience is introduced to this threat in the beginning of the play when the Roman Soldiers see Antony as 'a strumpet's fool' (1.1.13) where as Antony finds a 'new heaven , new earth ' in the love of Cleopatra. ...

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Accounts Livy, "Not without good reason did gods and men choose this spot as the site of a city, with its bracing hills, its [spacious] river by means of which the produce of inland countries may be brought down and inland supplies obtained; a sea near enough for all useful purposes, but not so near as to be exposed to danger from foreign fleets; a district in the very center of Italy, in a word, a position singularly adapted by a nature for the growth of a city." ... The previous king appointed someone, and that person had to show the good will of heaven. ... All but the poorest had to provi...

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Establishing a good order of the soul takes time which Machiavelli doesn't believe is available. ... Reasonable people can conclude that there is no justice in a world without a corresponding injustice and Machiavelli sees the injustices committed by those breaching the public's faith as among the most serious forms of injustice an individual can commit because those injustices don't seek to attain what he perceives as the common good. ... To Machiavelli, a republic's ingratitude merits excuse when it is a defensive mechanism performed out of suspicion in the interest of ...

• Word Count: 2733
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Gladiatorial contests hold a central place in our perception of Roman behavior. They were also a big influence on how Romans themselves ordered their lives. Attending the games was one of the practices that went with being a Roman. The Etruscans who introduced this type of contest in the sixth cent...

• Word Count: 3227
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• Grade Level: High School