How Rome Became A Great Empire

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While the RomeEmpire become successful in its military conquest in expanding its territory and heightened its military power to the highest level,which transforms Rome from greatest "conquering people" to "greatest governing people" (Morey,1901), beneath it was a negative upshot. Romans morphed to become a highly greed and barbaric people on earth. In the end the consequences of these actions however, was painful enough which makes Rome bleeds as social unrest was uncontrollable, and I believe that her subjects weaken her as great empire.

Rome was undisputedly the world's "greatest power," when all --if not--of once powerful empires on earth became her subjects and bent their knees in submission to her power. She was the victor in many battles both in land and sea, which made her unconquerable empire. She able to acquire the biggest chunk of territories in the world from Italy--where its headquarter's lies-- to Spain, the former Carthage colony Africa, the Greece, and until it reaches its dominion to Asia Minor. …show more content…

However, just like the Greek people at the height of its power, they became excruciatingly greed, as a result it oppressed its subjects. It was a quantum leaped from the culture which, taught them to live a simple life to an extremely luxurious way of living. They became sadistic people, who "love wealth more than honor" (Morey, 1901). In return the people who were its subjects had suffered the

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