Similarities Between Ancient Rome And Modern Day America

A notable similarity between Ancient Rome and modern day America lay in their military. Both Rome and America, according to Cullen Murphy, have a military that is too small for the tasks given to it. Murphy also pointed out a similarity in each empires government. Rome began to give all the power into the hands of the executive which left the government not functional, and he sees this happening in the United States government and fears that one day America's government will end up like Rome's.

Issues concerning the multiculturalism and borders of the two empires also appear to be similar. Both Rome and the United States became multiculturalist societies, but for different reasons. Rome needed people to do the work that they didn't