The mild climate enabled Romans to grow wheat, grapes, and olives. This abundance o food supported the people and allowed Rome to prosper. While the climate made year-long agriculture possible, Rome also had the advantage to be near water. The Tiber River helped the agricultural system to prosper.

How did Rome treat its conquered lands? Rome treated its conquered lands with justice. Conquered people had to acknowledge Roman leadership, pay taxes, and supply soldiers. Others became partial citizens, which meant they could marry Romans and carry on trade in Rome.

The Roman Empire, at its height (c. 117 AD), was the most extensive political and social structure in Western civilization….Religion

• libation.
• sacrifice.
• votum.
• temples.
• festivals.
• ludi.
• funerals.
• Imperial cult.

1. A disadvantages that Rome had because of their geography is since they were by so much water this could possibly cause for lots of flooding. 2. Another disadvantage that Rome had because of their geography is that there was many mountains around them so this made travel to other land harder to do.

The three main parts of the government were the Senate, the Consuls and the Assemblies. The Senate was composed of leaders from the patricians, the noble and wealthy families of ancient Rome. They were the law makers. They controlled spending.

The most usual potential positives are 1) better economic opportunities and 2) more security. Empires allow for better economic opportunities (especially in the old days) because they allowed for trade between various areas.

Some of the disadvantages to controlling such a large Empire was the political instability, economic and social problems and weakening frontier.

(Entry 1 of 2) 1a(1) : a major political unit having a territory of great extent or a number of territories or peoples under a single sovereign authority especially : one having an emperor as chief of state. (2) : the territory of such a political unit.

Examples of Empires in the ancient world include those of Sumeria, Babylonia, Assyria, that of the Hittites, the Egyptian, the Persian, the Macedonian, the Inca, the Aztec, and, most famously, the Roman.

So, What Does make an Empire The Kalledey Empire needs a healthy mixture of military, a strong efficient leader, a sturdy government, religion, trade or spread of ideas, and social hierarchy. You can’t really leave out these things to make our empire better then the rest or it won’t be considered much of an empire.

For universal empires, they are homogeneity, peace, repression. Universal empires tend to be late and short-lived formations, but also tend to recur. Each power structure also has its specific pathologies, which tend toward its transformation.

Invasions by Barbarian tribes The most straightforward theory for Western Rome’s collapse pins the fall on a string of military losses sustained against outside forces. Rome had tangled with Germanic tribes for centuries, but by the 300s “barbarian” groups like the Goths had encroached beyond the Empire’s borders.

Comparative Analysis: What features do all classical empires share? Empires have centralized leadership, standardized currency, ethnic diversity, and expansionism. They all have their forms of religion and beliefs. 4.

At its most basic, an empire is a complex political organization where a dominant central state controls weaker peripheral (outer) states. There is no single recipe for making an empire, but the main ingredient is always control.

When establishing an empire, desire for more resources, a better standard of living for its people and the desire for power among its leaders were big factors. But so were the philosophies of the people of a country. Maybe it was commonly believed that they are superior, or that there is glory in war.

Classical antiquity (also the classical era, classical period or classical age) is the period of cultural history between the 8th century BC and the 6th century AD centered on the Mediterranean Sea, comprising the interlocking civilizations of ancient Greece and ancient Rome known as the Greco-Roman world.

1 : standard, classic. 2a : of or relating to the ancient Greek and Roman world and especially to its literature, art, architecture, or ideals classical civilization. b : versed in the classics a classical scholar.

This TIME PERIOD (The Classical Era, 500 B.C.E – 500 C.E.) will be studied in TWO UNITS: Unit 2: Classical India and China (aka “the East”) Unit 3: Classical Greece and Rome (aka “the West”)