Early Roman Empires DBQ

In the early Roman, Macedonian, and Persian Empires, the government, laws, and economy were major influences in gaining authority over conquered lands. The Roman Forum was the central gathering for the Romans. The Forum was considered to be their capital, and with a centralized place, comes centralized government and laws (8). The Romans also held the importance of Senators, and ruling office very close. The senators were the ones who were able to keep the native-born citizens living a hectic free lifestyle (5). Religious views and inputs were also held very high in Rome. The Romans placed material goods higher up in their life (6). Rome also classified their citizens into three different social categories. First were the Egyptians and natives who were very poor citizens, second was the mercenaries who were an undiscipled body, and the third was Alexandrians who unlike their mercenaries, followed the Hellenistic customs, and were of Greek origin (10). The ancient kingdom of Macedonia had capital city of Pella, which indicated the fact that they had a strong centralized government that provided them with laws to obey and live by (9). With the idea of their centralized government came the silver Macedonian coin that represented King Alexander II of Epirus. The coin represents the rapid growth of trade and wealth for the Greeks (3). King Alexander also persuaded economic life in the Macedonian empire. He believed that with the mingling of cultures, their economy would grow strong, and would get the praise, and he would be obeyed by all his citizens (4). The Macedonian empire had a strong centralized government, and a strong ruler, as well as a large economic variety, and plenty of trade and wealth.
The early Persian Empire proved a major establishment of wealth and trade by the making of the Mithidrates coin. The coin proves that trade was growing rapidly enough that the Persians were in need of a money system, and with large trade between countries comes great