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Links from U.S. to Roman Empire

Links from U.S. to Roman Empire. Expansion of the Roman Empire. Romans were originally under the rule of the Etruscans. They then revolted and ousted the Etruscans. This began the Roman Empire.

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Links from U.S. to Roman Empire

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  1. Links from U.S. to Roman Empire

  2. Expansion of the Roman Empire • Romans were originally under the rule of the Etruscans. They then revolted and ousted the Etruscans. This began the Roman Empire. • After the Etruscans were out of the picture, the Romans quickly began to conquer neighboring city-states in Italy. • They began to take over land in Greece and by 270 B.C. they had complete control over all of Italy. • Rome had a very disciplined and skilled army which was one of the main reasons why they were so successful. • The Roman armies were made up of citizens who were not paid and were required to supply their own weapons. • A legion was the name of the band that was formed of about 5,000 men.

  3. Expansion of Rome over the years 509 B.C. 270 B.C.

  4. The Roman Empire at the height of it’s success. As you can see it spread across three continents and covered the majority of Europe.

  5. Expansion of the U.S. • The U.S. was very similar to Rome in the fact that we had ousted another Empire in order to gain land and power. • We went into war with the British Empire in order to gain independence. This is what the Romans did to the Etruscans. • We began with 13 colonies and went on and gained land much like the Romans to acquire the amount of land that we have today.

  6. United States in the beginning United States 1803 after Louisiana Purchase

  7. Current day United States. As you can see we have gained a lot of land just like the Romans.

  8. Similarities of U.S. and Roman Empire: Military spread thin

  9. Roman Empire • The Romans in their golden ages, had 2.2 million square miles of land. • This meant that not only their wealth and land was spread out, but also their military had to be spread out all over this land to protect the borders and keep the citizens safe. • This meant that instead of having one very strong army, they had many weak legions that were not as skillful. • In the beginning of the Roman Republic, they were compact and this meant that they could fight extremely well and could keep their money and army closer together and spread less thin. • This was one of the main reasons that led to the downfall of the Roman Empire.

  10. U.S. borders • The borders length between the U.S. and Mexico is 1950 miles long. • The borders length between U.S. and Canada is 7063 miles long. • This means that in total America has a border that is 9013 miles long. • This means that in order to control the borders we need a lot of military resources and money will be further spread apart. • About 250,000,000 people cross the border from America into Mexico and vice versa both for vacationing and other causes. This means that there needs to be a lot of money spent on keeping the borders safe and the people who are not supposed to be coming in and out away from the opposing county.

  11. Conclusion • As you can see, the Roman Empire and America were similar in both of these matters. Both the Romans and the United States has a lot of land and this means that both military and money are spread out thinly. This was one of the main reasons why the Roman Empire collapsed and is one of the worries for Americans today. • Also much like the Romans, we began in a small spot and did not account for much land. After years of building up and having extraneous rulers, this meant that eventually both the U.S. and Roman Empire expanded and gained more land. The Romans kicked out the Etruscans like we ousted the British and expanded. • This how the Roman Empire and the U.S. are very similar and I believe that through contrasting we are following in their foot-steps.

  12. A video of the expansion of the U.S. • Expansion of U.S. video

  13. URL’S • http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/shepherd/us_expansion_shepherd.jpg • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_history • http://www.roman-empire.net/ • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire • http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/romans/ • http://www.apl.com/boomerangbox/resource/roman1.jpg • http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Spring04/Tyler/Images/RomanEmpire.gif

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