Roman soldiers often died in battle, or from diseases caught on campaign. ... Despite this, many young men did volunteer to become Roman soldiers. This was party through pride in family tradition, because pay was good or because of the valuable privileges it offered following a successful campaign or on retirement. ... Then every man had to fight for his life, making good use of his weapons, his strength and his training. If successful, an officer could win fame and glory for himself and for his men, and for the tough or fortunate soldiers who did survive the duration of the service, the pro...

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Some believe that on the whole he was a fairly good emperor. ... Tiberius seems to have been an able soldier and administrator who retained the republican form of government as much as possible. ...

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The soldiers and the Plebeians praised and respected Caesar. ... In Document 1 a soldier explains why he respects Caesar. ... This soldier obviously respects Caesar. ... The soldiers liked him because he gave them more money. ... Some good, some bad. ...

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When Spartacus sees the soldiers of Capua coming to fight the gladiators he does not run but instead tells his men that ""We will fight like soldiers... ""(160) Spartacus shows his courage when he tells his soldiers they are to ""go to war against Rome."" ... He also tells the soldier to deliver a message to the ! ... Part of the message shows his bravery by openly contesting the Roman senate. "" All that is good in mankind belongs to us...What a foul crew you are and what a filthy mess you have made out of life"" (214-215). ...

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It was simply becoming too large for it's own good. ... Also, the soldiers began to have less loyalty to the "power centers," which obviously had an effect on the military power, since it is very important for soldiers to be loyal to their army and those in charge of them. ... Another factor which had a huge effect on the falling apart of the military was a lack of recruited soldiers from "Romanized" backgrounds. ...

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After the Punic wars, many soldiers returning home to farm found their fields practically unworkable. ... These volunteers became professional soldiers, counting on their general for food, clothing, and shelter and expecting a bonus, usually of land, upon retirement. The general then had to obtain the means to pay his soldiers from the Senate. ... He carefully chose new members from wealthy men of good character with some political experience as lesser magistrates. ...

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"Augustus won over the soldiers with gifts, the populace with cheap grain, and all the men with sweets of repose, and so grew greater by degrees, while he concentrated in himself the functions of the senate, the magistrates, and the laws."... He also had the soldiers of the army, which numbered 250,000 to 300,000; swear a personal oath to him. ... Augustus was a good ruler at heart. ... He did do good things for Rome during his rein. ... Augustus, although a good man, opened the floodgates for his heirs that would not be as virtuous as he. ...

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Just because they had a good army, doesn't mean they are fit to run an empire. ... With all of this fighting, the Romans had not the money, nor the people and soldiers to defend themselves against all of the invasions. ... With the high prices of food, people began looking for jobs and this even lessened the amount of soldiers in the army. ...

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Samnites wore the heavy, magnificent armor of soldiers. ... If they thought that he did not fight a good fight, they would give the thumbs-down. ... This made all the gladiators try their best to win the crowd's approval by putting on a good show. ... Spartacus and his army were finally destroyed in 71 B.C. and many of Spartacus's soldiers were crucified. ...

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Samnites wore the heavy, magnificent armor of soldiers. ... If they thought that he did not fight a good fight, they would give the thumbs-down. ... This made all the gladiators try their best to win the crowd's approval by putting on a good show. ... Spartacus and his army were finally destroyed in 71 B.C. and many of Spartacus's soldiers were crucified. ...

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Byzantine Empire Byzantine is the name given to both the state and the culture of the Eastern Roman Empire in the Middle Ages. The Byzantine Empire considered them Romans. Western Europeans, who had their own Roman empire, called them Orientals or Greeks. These names give witness to the composit...

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The classes consisted of a variety of men ranging from them in full suited armor and good weapons, to the men only armed with slingshots. ... The soldiers wanted their political rights, and if they weren't granted these rights, they threatened that there would be consequences. ... He accepted this approachment and took side of Tarentum and with his twenty-five thousand soldiers and twenty elephants, defeated Rome. ...

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Rome is believed to have been born around 625 B.C., where people known as the Etruscans influenced the early stages of the growth of Rome. When these people came to Rome they saw much prospects for development so they imposed their culture and technology on this pastoral community and left behind a...

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With Caesar spending most of his time in the north, Pompey gathered most of his power by making a good relationship with the senate. ... Pompey escaped with some of his soldiers to Egypt, where he was eventually murdered. ...

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Great loyalty was shown to good leaders in Rome and Marcus Aurelius was considered a great leader. ... But in "The Gladiator," everyone, including the emperors, gladiators, soldiers, noble women, common citizens, and children were dressed exactly as you would see if you actually lived during the Roman Empire. ...

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When he drafted soldiers to fight, he did not draft a certain number of men but rather a number of legions. ... Unfortunately, this unintentionally created the black market because there was not enough product to go around on the good market. ...

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The Fall of the Roman Empire Imagine an empire where peace and stability finally overruled war and chaos. The Roman empire was much like this. After years and years of war the empire was finally uniting. Stretching from Spain to Syria and Scotland to Egypt, the empire was flourishing in th...

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The Romans were very powerful people; their customs and traditions exceeded other cultures. Some of the customs are used during every day life, like some of the marriage processes and dinner extravaganza. After many centuries, Roman lives fascinate people. The Gladiators followed instructions, w...

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First, Charles Martel in Gaul, then King Alfred in England, and finally Henry the Fowler of Germany provided horses for some of their soldiers to repel the raids into their lands. ... Feudalism in itself was a good idea in its time but in the new day and age of the 21st century it really just doesn't cut it. ...

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The Roman Empire was one of the most successful empire of its time and lasted from about 500 B.C. to about 500 A.D. Many things the Romans did attributed to the success and longevity of the Roman Empire. The Romans had a new way of governing its citizens and had an extremely strong military. They ha...

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This gave her favour among the people because they believed that she showed some of her father's good qualities. ... She accomplished there end partly by getting the freed men to persuade Claudius and by arranging before hand that the senate, the populace and the soldier should join together in shouting their approval of her demands on every occasion. ...

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It's clear to see the fact that presently, countries don't attack countries with cavalry or soldiers instead they usually sit back buy bombs and missiles before causing devastation to countries and cities in an instant. ... During the Roman Empire the most popular dish would have been pottage which was a mixture of a variety of vegetables and some meat as well as that it was either eaten with rice or cooked with risotto to eat as a scrumptious dish with bread (it wouldn't actually taste very good in that time period compared to what we could make these days however it would be e...

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Unit of army called Theme system was created that had all the trained soldiers to fight at a specific region. ... The good fortune came to an end in the reign of Charlemagne's son, Louis the Pious. ...

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