8 Reasons Why Rome Fell
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Are we Rome?
The “empire” of The United States Of America is prone to a disastrous fall similar to the former greatest empire of the Romans due to the fact that the US empire was built in a similar way like the Roman empire and is now starting to encounter problems ranging from Social, Political, Economics, and lastly military wise.
A social way of how the Roman empire fell was due to the rise of christianity because it eroded the traditional roman beliefs, values, and also caused problems between new christian believers and those who continued to hold on to the old philosophies. Evan Andrews, the author of “8 Reasons Why Rome Fell” explained, ”Christianity displaced the polytheistic Roman …show more content…
After the cold war was over, many strategists suggested that the Soviet Union collapsed due to it going into bankruptcy because of the war, couple decades later, some believes that the United States Government and Military is heading on the same path the Soviet Union did, “Meanwhile, the foundations of a strong economy — public education, infrastructure development, commitments to research and development, and a secure safety net that protects our most vulnerable citizens from poverty, go starved for funding”
Even though Rome was being attacked by outside forces, the Empire was struggling from within due to economical problems, “Rome’s economy depended on slaves to till its fields and work as craftsmen, and its military might had traditionally provided a fresh influx of conquered peoples to put to work. But when expansion ground to a halt in the second century, Rome’s supply of slaves and other war treasures began to dry
Are we Rome?
The “empire” of The United States Of America is prone to a disastrous fall similar to the former greatest empire of the Romans due to the fact that the US empire was built in a similar way like the Roman empire and is now starting to encounter problems ranging from Social, Political, Economics, and lastly military wise.
A social way of how the Roman empire fell was due to the rise of christianity because it eroded the traditional roman beliefs, values, and also caused problems between new christian believers and those who continued to hold on to the old philosophies. Evan Andrews, the author of “8 Reasons Why Rome Fell” explained, ”Christianity displaced the polytheistic Roman …show more content…
After the cold war was over, many strategists suggested that the Soviet Union collapsed due to it going into bankruptcy because of the war, couple decades later, some believes that the United States Government and Military is heading on the same path the Soviet Union did, “Meanwhile, the foundations of a strong economy — public education, infrastructure development, commitments to research and development, and a secure safety net that protects our most vulnerable citizens from poverty, go starved for funding”
Even though Rome was being attacked by outside forces, the Empire was struggling from within due to economical problems, “Rome’s economy depended on slaves to till its fields and work as craftsmen, and its military might had traditionally provided a fresh influx of conquered peoples to put to work. But when expansion ground to a halt in the second century, Rome’s supply of slaves and other war treasures began to dry