2006-07-05 00:14:30 · 4 answers · asked by Neville R 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
We have MUCH more advanced video games...
2006-07-05 00:22:55 · answer #1 · answered by Brocktoon 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Compare the following historical events.
The Roman Empire was a phase of the ancient Roman civilization characterized by an autocratic form of government. The earlier Roman Republic had been devastated and weakened by the conflict between Gaius Marius and Sulla, followed by the civil war of Gaius Julius Caesar against Pompey. During all these struggles hundreds of senators had fallen in battle, been executed, murdered, or had taken their own lives. The Roman Senate had been refilled by loyal friends of the First Triumvirate, and later on, by supporters of the Second Triumvirate. At last, Octavian (later to be known as Augustus) defeated his rival Mark Antony and completed this gradual subversion by thoroughly reorganizing the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire.
The end of the Roman Empire is traditionally placed on 4 September 476, as the Western Roman Empire fell to Germanic invaders. However, this view neglects and fails to recognize the Eastern Roman Empire, widely known as the Byzantine Empire, which protected Roman law and culture. Based in Roman legal and cultural traditions, it was also heavily influenced by ancient Greek culture and language, and developed a distinct character that managed to survive and even thrive for another millennium, eventually being conquered on 29 May 1453 by the Ottoman Empire.
From the time of Augustus to the Fall of the Western Empire, Rome dominated Western Eurasia, comprising over half its population. The legacy of Rome on culture, law, language, religion, government, military, and architecture upon Western civilization remains to the present day.
The time of the united states is chracterized by internal democratic system & autocratic international political leadership.
2006-07-05 01:06:50 · answer #2 · answered by yirgaalayou2006 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thanks Brocktoon, normally I would berate someone for just posting a "funny answer" to something like this, but really he did just hit the nail on the head.
Start with the Roman leader Nero and just kind of switch around "Christians" with "Muslims" today and you have a complete photocopy of the socio-political-military spectrum then and now.
2006-07-05 00:52:58 · answer #3 · answered by lostinromania 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the romans openly admitted that they did what they did for the glory and benefit of rome
the americans pretend they do it for others
2006-07-05 00:18:53 · answer #4 · answered by Ivanhoe Fats 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋