Ancient Rome was a very powerful civilization due to its size and unity. Ancient Rome had a very structured social class. Some parts of the social class were very wealthy and owned land such as the patricians. Other though were not wealthy and had to work this class is called the plebeians and consists of merchants, farmers, and other working class citizens. Ancient rome was a very successful civilization that had entertainment for their citizens. People that supplied this entertainment were gladiators who fought to entertain the people as well as protect their city. This entertainment made the citizens of ancient rome more motivated and content due to their way of living. This created a two hundred year period of peace called the pax …show more content…
Rome's Laws were one of the most significant achievements of the golden age. The twelve tables of Rome were written in 450 B.C.E. to allow the public to know the laws and the punishments for breaking the laws. Michael Burgan writes “ One of Rome's most important political and social developments was its highly structured legal system”. In the twelve tables there were twelve laws. Each law was important for the Roman civilization. “ The laws that we know about cover all sorts of crimes and conditions...Table eight dealt with a more serious question: whether a homeowner had the right to kill a burglar who broke into his house”(Mellor). The twelve tables gave the Roman people rules to live by and to create order so that the civilization can live their lives in peace. Ancient rome's government went through many different phases of governing. For example in Ancient Greece and Rome it states, “The republic was a form of a government in which leaders were elected by an assembly of male citizens, and a senate, consisting at first of patricians, held most of the power. This illustrates how similar the Ancient rome government is to the modern united states government. The strength and unity of ancient rome's government created strength and unity throughout the roman