The Fall of the Roman Republic
By Mary Beard, summary by Ari Levine
Just as the Greeks had the first democracy, the Romans had the first republic, with the people of Rome being represented in a senate ruled government. Within a few hundred years, this republic became an empire, ruled by one leader, or Caesar. This all happened when corrupt leaders in the senate abused their powers which led to many civil wars. In the end, Rome emerged an empire, with Augustus Caesar as its emperor.
I liked your article a lot. Why were the romans a republic? did it have anything to do with the greeks being democratic?
ReplyDeleteThe ancient romans saw the type of government the greeks had. They liked it, and changed it into a controllable senate led government. Thus the roman republic was born.
ReplyDeleteI think that the Fall Of The Roman Empire is a very important topic to learn about. It is helpful to look at previous governments and find out how they flourished and how they broke. It is this historic knowledge that should prevent the United States Government from doing the same thing.
ReplyDeleteThat's true, Eric. Something that contribute to the fall was corruption in the roman senate. Do you think our government is corrupted? Do you think our contry could dissolve like the romans?
ReplyDeleteI do not think that our government is "corrupted through and through" but I do think that there are a select few of government officials that definitely need to pay much more attention to the welfare of their citizens instead of themselves. I highly doubt that our country is in any danger of falling completely apart because the people have much more control than the roman people did.
ReplyDeleteExcellent dialogue everyone! you are doing a great job of expounding on our class discussion of power and the person and raise some powerful, thought provoking questions. Keep up the great work and if you are able to please continue to bounce ideas, questions and answers off of one another. Lastly a question for you all: What can / should the federal government do to marginalize corruption and / or hold those guilty of it (ie embezzlement, taking bribes, granting contracts) accountable? I look forward to your responses - Mr. Stetina
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