Saturday, April 9, 2016

The Roman Empire

Why was Rome so successful in creating her empire?

There were three main advantages in Rome that aided her rise to an empire. These main advantages were military power, law, and tenacity. Rome mainly hot its army from the large county of Italy, making their army quite large. Rome having a very large army was not easily conquered and was very well protected thus leading to a safer and more successful empire. While Rome had a lot of military strength, what also contributed was its law. The Romans held the law very highly and respected it very much. This made the willingness to uphold the law was very strong. This helped Rome in its conquest, and with everyone cooperating by the law made the Romans very effective. Rome was also successful for its perseverance and tenacity. It never gave up and continued to fight multiple battles in order to reach the prophesied potential of becoming a great Empire, which in the end it did.

1 comment:

  1. What kinds of political and military strategy did the Romans employ in order consolidate the Italian peninsula? How did these strategies help them when it cam to fighting Hannibal in Italy in the second Punic War?

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