What Makes Rome Powerful?

Rome, the city north of the Mediterranean Sea started small, but eventually grew larger and larger until it surpassed and conquered any and every civilization threatening it becoming, by far, the most powerful empire in the world at its height. Its strength came mainly from its seemingly indestructible army, but it also had made incredible advancements in areas such as science, medicine, mathematics, technology, architecture, economics, and politics which propelled it to the forefront of the upfront, these are the aspects of the Roman Empire which helped it claim the title of the globe’s dominant super-power. It seems strange, that an almost unstoppable force such as this could fall apart so easily. After centuries of growth and development

A question asked by historians throughout the past and in the present, and the answer is simple. It was not their powerful army, or their technological advancements, but instead was their intelligent and cunning leaders who put these resources to excellent use such as Julius Caesar, and Augustus Caesar who were believed to, and did, have brilliant leader in their blood. Eventually, decades after the end of Augustus’ rule, new leaders stepped in quickly attempting to take the job of emperor for themselves though they were highly unqualified and incredible self-absorbed only caring about money and power, unlike the way the Caesar cared about the empire. These so called “emperors” quickly wasted Rome’s resources on unnecessary parties and festivals, putting Rome in debt causing economic problems and the minting of fake coins. Because of this focus on power and rapidly spreading greed, multiple other “government officials” who believed they were qualified for the position of emperor and that thought that the current emperor was ruining the empire (which usually was true), they decided they should step in. Fueled by cupidity and foolishness, Romans hired others to or directly assassinated the current emperor, then stepped in when the question was asked, “Who shall be the next emperor” and practically listed off the reasons as to why they should fill in the open position. This occurred couple of years, and at times, an emperor wouldn’t rule for more than a few months, these assassinations lead to constant shifts in power and an unstable and unreliable government. Not only did this weaken Rome to the point of collapse, but this also caused almost every problem leading to the fall of the empire. The emperor's lack of attentiveness and backbone allowed for the Roman soldiers to wear their armor without punishment, under the rule of Augustus of Julius, if the army had requested to stop wearing their armor and quit training properly they would