Rome's Progression

During the transition of the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire there were many events that occurred, which halted the empire’s development. Due to these multiple events, people often refer to the saying, “Rome wasn’t built in a day,” when talking about Rome’s expansion. However, out of all the events that occurred many of them were negative, as well as positive, causing Rome to be affected in various ways. One negative occurrence during the empire’s progression was the division of social class within Rome. In fact, there were only two major classes within the Roman community, known as the patricians and the plebeians.

The people of Rome were separated into two main classes, known as the patricians and the plebeians. The patricians were known

to be a part of the richer part of the community while the plebeians were the poor. However, although the plebeians were known to be the less fortunate the Roman community consisted mostly of them while the patricians were scarce and outnumbered. As a result of this unbalanced community, the plebeians rebelled due to their unfair treatment, which then led to the struggles between the classes, known as the Conflict of Orders. Although, the Conflict of Orders was a major disagreement between the two social classes, it led to the laws of Rome being written down which benefited the Romans and their government in later years.
On the contrary, another group of people within the Roman community were the slaves. The slaves were known to be the lowest class, but were still able to cause many negatibve problems. After the Punic Wars, when farmers started to lose their jobs and civil wars began to break out, slaves were also revolting against the government. Due to these uprisings and their outcomes, Rome’s republic began weakening, which allowed other problems to grow bigger. As a result of these many problems, Rome’s republic soon fell leading to Rome transferring to an empire, causing other new conflicts to occur. Therefore, even though Rome may have shown signs of successfulness, they still went through many obstacles, both positive and negative, along the way.