The roads were used by the military and was even able to reduce the armies size without reducing it’s effectiveness.Romans were aware that the expensive army would not be in combat more than 10% of the time, so the government came up with ways to use their force effectively.These were built not by technology alone, but by extensive organization.Complex water routes were knit together by system of roads and bridges that are even used today.Channels and water systems used for thousands of years even after fall of the Roman Empire.Romans actively were dredging ship channels and building in river ports.
Outlying reaches of the Empire were connected by rivers and streams that flowed into it.Romans called it Mare nostrum or “Our Sea”.Romans worked to keep sea clear of pirates for they realized the Mediterranean was dependant on it’s unity.Most of Roman population lived within reach of Mediterranean.Eastern-Influenced by Greek culture EasternWestern Population Dense Sparse Society Urban Tribal Education Literate Oral Law Written Customary Economy Commercial Agricultural Exchange Money Barter Living standard Wealthy Poor Language Koine Mixed.Each Empire used basically the same unifying institutions to bind the Empire together: Ĭomparison of Eastern and Western Europe.Rome was created not by the ability to conquer lands but it’s need to develop the institutions necessary to consolidate and rule those lands.All four classical empires had been united by force and would not have stayed together had not the rulers formed institutions to do so.Characterized by their unification around at least two widely disparate geographical regions.Rome was one of four Classical Empires:.
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