Republic or Empire?

I would like to point out, that a republic will fall in two ways, or most governments. First is from the inside, which is part of how the Roman Empire fell, once the bidding wars started for the throne. Second outsiders taking over, which is also what happened when the Vandals took Rome. The Empire fell in both ways. The Republic however was even worse. It was starting to fall apart before Caesar took control. It had its faults, even though it was a great idea, the Senate became corrupted and then wars broke out and someone took control, with an army. In my mind if The empire hadn't been giving the throne to the highest bidder, it could have stayed for more time. Therefore in my opinion the Empire was more successful.

As for all the Star Wars lovers. The reason that this sounds like Star Wars is because that is where Lucas got his ideas from the Roman history, also WWII with the stormtroopers and how he got power, but also mainly The Roman Empire and Republic that is why it sounds similar.

I choose the Empire, Darth Vader was very cool.

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Originally Posted by abracax

I choose the Empire, Darth Vader was very cool.

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aren't mods suppose to help make sure everyone gets that this is about Rome not Star wars?

and yes he was cool.

You all mocked the troll for not making sense but then 90% of the posters agreed with me?...Hmmn.

But lets see. I would have to say the roman empire for their use of Autocratic form of government.

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Originally Posted by King Solomon

aren't mods suppose to help make sure everyone gets that this is about Rome not Star wars?

and yes he was cool.

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Sorry, was too lazy to read what the thread was about. But with a title of "Republic or Empire?" how could you not think it's about Star Wars.

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Originally Posted by abracax

Sorry, was too lazy to read what the thread was about. But with a title of "Republic or Empire?" how could you not think it's about Star Wars.

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yes what i was thinking, but i read the first page. maybe we should change the name to the Roman Empire or Roman Republic or put roman in front of each thing.

The Empire contributed many things to the world, such as a calendar with leap years, the institutions of Christianity. The extensive system of roads that was constructed by the Roman Army lasts to this day. Because of this network of roads, the time necessary to travel between destinations in Europe did not decrease until the 19th century, when steam power was invented. Even modern astrology comes to us directly from the Romans.

This is some of the main reasons the roman empire were more successful.
Roman empire still has a heavy effect on culture to this day.

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Originally Posted by Brooke ♥♥

The Empire contributed many things to the world, such as a calendar with leap years, the institutions of Christianity. The extensive system of roads that was constructed by the Roman Army lasts to this day. Because of this network of roads, the time necessary to travel between destinations in Europe did not decrease until the 19th century, when steam power was invented. Even modern astrology comes to us directly from the Romans.

This is some of the main reasons the roman empire were more successful.
Roman empire still has a heavy effect on culture to this day.

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Roman roads were mostly built over roads built by the Celts. The Celts had roads all over Europe into Russia and Eurasia. They were built of wood instead of stone, however there were far more of them leading from village to village and they were far more extensive. There has been only a few that lasted, England has one such road on display that was dug up from the moors.

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Originally Posted by Brooke ♥♥

The Empire contributed many things to the world, such as a calendar with leap years, the institutions of Christianity. The extensive system of roads that was constructed by the Roman Army lasts to this day. Because of this network of roads, the time necessary to travel between destinations in Europe did not decrease until the 19th century, when steam power was invented. Even modern astrology comes to us directly from the Romans.

This is some of the main reasons the roman empire were more successful.
Roman empire still has a heavy effect on culture to this day.

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I'm not sure modern astrology is such a boon to modern mankind. Astronomy, though, as pioneered by the Arabs and Egyptians, has been a forerunner of many important branches of modern science.

Regardless, the Roman empire did offer some outstanding contributions to mankind that do survive to this day. One of those was the concept of a Republic. The Romans influenced history when they had an Emperor AND when they were a Republic.

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Originally Posted by abracax

Roman roads were mostly built over roads built by the Celts. The Celts had roads all over Europe into Russia and Eurasia. They were built of wood instead of stone, however there were far more of them leading from village to village and they were far more extensive. There has been only a few that lasted, England has one such road on display that was dug up from the moors.

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Yes they were built over roads previosly built by the celts, Although the roman were credited with roads that cut the time it took to travel to differednt locations throughout europe considerably.

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Originally Posted by FoxyBunny

I'm not sure modern astrology is such a boon to modern mankind. Astronomy, though, as pioneered by the Arabs and Egyptians, has been a forerunner of many important branches of modern science.

Regardless, the Roman empire did offer some outstanding contributions to mankind that do survive to this day. One of those was the concept of a Republic. The Romans influenced history when they had an Emperor AND when they were a Republic.

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Yes astrology may not have as huge an impact on modern mankind as astronomy, But you must also take into factor that roman astrology also lead to horoscopes, a very popular method to tell personality and future plannings in modern day culture.