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Similarities Between Ancient Rome And Modern Usa

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People can be naive or tentative, something can be obvious, and you can have an agenda. These words are Latin words used in English today in the United States. The people of Ancient Rome spoke Latin. The modern United States has other similarities to Ancient Rome other than language. Since the modern U.S. and Ancient Rome have many similarities and differences, the lessons from Ancient Rome could help the U.S. to avoid the fall and collapse the Rome experienced. There are many similarities between the Modern U.S. and Ancient Rome. Ancient Rome spread their rule across the known world until they couldn’t because they ran into difficult terrain. They ruled all of south-west Europe, the whole cost of the Mediterranean Sea, …show more content…

and Ancient Rome have many differences as well. Through U.S. history there were many fights to end slavery. After the U.S. Civil War, the 13th amendment ended slavery in the states. Unlike the modern U.S., Ancient Rome had slavery. Slaves in Ancient Rome played a big part in the Roman Empire. Slaves built massive projects ordered by the emperor and worked very difficult tasks. While citizens were having fun in the heated pools, slaves were under them heating fires suffocating. In the modern U.S., there have elected presidents. If the citizens did not like their president, there can be an impeachment. To impeach a president, there must be a two-thirds vote of the members of the House of Representatives. In Ancient Rome, getting rid of their emperor wasn’t so civilized, the citizens would either riot against the emperor or murder him. Football is the most popular sport in the modern U.S. It is very dangerous and one of the most contact sports played, yet there are still safety procedures to make sure the players don’t get hurt or killed. Modern U.S. sports are played for entertainment, fun, and money. In Ancient Rome, however, sports weren’t safe at all. In the Colosseum, there were blood sports. These fights were to the death. Gladiator against gladiator, team against team, or gladiators against animals. If someone survived a round, there would be more enemies or animals to make sure they die. These sports were …show more content…

could benefit and learn from Ancient Rome to avoid the same downfall. One thing the U.S. could do to avoid the same fall as Ancient Rome is to avoid deficit spending. This was one of the main reasons why Ancient Rome fell. Currently, the United States’ debt is more than 21 trillion dollars. Learning from Ancient Rome, the United States should try to reduce their debt. During Ancient Rome, the emperor's command huge building projects. These projects weren’t all for the people or the city, but were to show how great the emperors were. The presidents of modern U.S. could learn from the hubris emperors of Ancient Rome. The United States’ president shouldn’t get caught up in their own pride or power, and have to lead for the people. Ancient Rome made it very hard to govern their land because it was so big. The U.S. has done good about not expanding their rule, but should

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