What do you think about Rome's history?

Question

for me just like...

Why?

Answer 1

Rome's history is extremely fascinating to me, and i sometimes wonder what it would have been like if the Library of Alexandria had not been razed and if the Roman empire had lasted for many centuries more. This is mainly due to the fact that if both of these thing had happened we would be several hundred years ahead, technology wise. This is being optimistic though, for if these events had happened, and the dark ages had followed as before most of the progress would have been erased

Answer 2

Rome wasn't built in a day, nor can this question be answered in the time and space we have here. I believe that over the hundreds of years when Rome were growing and expanding, it prospered. They began to decline when they could no longer afford to pay all the military which was required to defend and protect there conquered land. The Roman military drifted away over time, and other countries began to close in on Rome and cut off their life support,- water. Also, politics and the abuse by lawyers was a large factor in the fall of Rome.

Answer 3

I find it fascinating. The advancement that Rome made along with various Emperors and drama that fllowed them. Rome's history is anything but boring and irrelevant.

Answer 4

Discussions of Roman history always seem to draw-in comparisons with classic greek history, not surprisingly, since so much evidence of their 'times' is still with us.

The rise and fall of the Roman Empire is so well documented, studied, debated one wonders why Modern Man hasn't learned - and practiced - avoidance of the things that bring a civilization down.

Answer 5

Rome was banal. It was a nation of soldiers, engineers and lawyers. Rome fought alot, and Greece thought alot.

All Rome did was conquer to acquire new resources to maintain itself. That was it.

Rome did not explore. The Romans were not a curious people. They did not explore the world seeking new knowledge, they learned through conquest and retained only what was of interest to them (Rome was a lot like the 'Borg').

The Romans only counted as high as the money in their treasury, they were not creative thinkers. After the Roman conquest of Greece, even Cicero is documented as lambasting all that "useless Greek knowledge."

As far as I'm concerned, Rome is not worth emulating.

Answer 6

Fascinating as is their art, and architecture, sculpture, and generally their culture.

Chow!!

Answer 7

It was long and varied
As a top contributor, this isn't much of a question.

Answer 8

It's not as fun as Greek.