What are 2 negative ways that winning an empire affected rome?

Answer 1

The first positive way defeating an empire would contribute to the success of the Roman Empire is by boosting its economy. Rome could take the conquered empires assets without having to support the assets in which the empire did not want to take. The second positive way is, in my professional opinion, also a negative way. By taking an empires citizens as slaves the Romans could create marvels to show their power and structures that its civilians needed without spending a dime toward labor. However in later years these slaves gained their own freedom by revolt or were granted citizenship, this created a problem. The problem being a group of semi-powerful people, even some with senate seats, whose intentions were not to keep Rome the regional power that it was.

Answer 2

The wealth that was gained from the winning empire did help Rome increase wealth and widened the gap between the rich and the poor. The prosperity did not favor everyone in the economy especially the peasants.

Answer 3

The Roman Republic was brought down by the weight of imperial expansion. The central government had become dysfunctional, and lost control over the provinces (conquered territories), Corruption was rampant. The governors of the provinces became unruly and treated their provinces as if they were their personal fiefs. There were military commanders who used military violence or the threat of it to get what they wanted. in 71 BC Crassus and Pompey encamped their troops outside Rome to have themselves elected as consuls (the two annually elected heads of the Republic). Pompey was not even eligible on the grounds of being below the required age and of not having served some public offices which were required before the consulship. Sulla was the first man who entered the city of Rome with troops to start his first civil war against Marius, even though Roman religion forbade the bearing of arms within the city walls. More civil wars which brought down the Republic followed.

The size of the empire became a problem. In the Crisis of the Third Century the empire came under repeated invasions across its vast frontiers. The Roman army managed to repel all of them. However, the great strain which this created led to military anarchy. Many emperors in that period were proclaimed emperor by their troops. There were many rebellions by legions. There were 35 usurper emperors who led military rebellions. The huge size of the empire made it difficult to defend the thousands of miles of its borders. At one point there was a cat and mouse game where the Roman army had to redeploy troops from one point of the frontiers to defend another point. Other peoples invaded the point which had been weakened by the redeployment and then fled when the Roman army moved towards them to deal with them.

Answer 4

Originally imperial expansion occurred because Rome won several separate wars which were fought for disparate reasons and were often years apart form each other. Expansion was not the result of a grand design of conquest. The Roman Republic was ill equipped to deal with have a large empire and became chaotic. The result was the fall of the republic. Later, during the period of rule by emperors, the Roman faced incursions across the frontiers of the empire by the many peoples who lived to the north of the empire and repeated wars against the mighty Sassanian Empire of the Persians. They found ti difficult to defend the vast frontiers of an empire which was too big.

The Roman Republic fell under the weight of imperial expansion. The central government had become dysfunctional, and lost control over the provinces (conquered territories). The governors of the provinces became unruly and treated their provinces as if they were their personal fiefs. Tax collection in the provinces was carried out by private collectors who 'farmed' the taxes to line their pockets through extortion. Corruption was rampant. A reform of military recruitment made the soldiers loyal to the commanders of their legions who could use them to obtain what they wanted through the threat of or the use of military violence. In 71 BC Crassus and Pompey camped their troops outside Rome to have themselves elected as consuls (the two annually elected heads of the Republic). Pompey was not even eligible on the grounds of being below the required age and of not having served some public offices which were required before the consulship. In the last 64 years of the Republic there were 12 civil wars. In 88 BC Sulla entered the city of Rome with his troops during his first civil war against forces of Marius, even though Roman religion forbade the bearing of arms within the city walls.

Another problem in the Late Republic was the increase in the number of dispossessed peasants who lost their land to the expanding large landed estates which used slaves, who were war captives. These people flocked to Rome to try to eke out a living, swelling the masses of the poor in the city. The problem of poverty became a political hot potato which led to the conflict between the populares and the optimates. The former was a political faction which championed the cause of the poor and tried to introduce reforms to help them. The latter was a conservative political faction which favoured the aristocracy and opposed reforms. The senators were seen as being concerned with the interests of the aristocracy, rather than those of the poor and were unpopular among the middle and lower classes. They were also seen as being corrupt. Many of the civil wars were related to clashes between strong military leaders and the conflict between populares and optimates spilling into violence.

Julius Caesar waged a civil war against the forces of the senate and assumed sole power in Rome (the Republic was normally headed by two annually elected consuls) for five years and tied to tackle Rome's problems. However, he was assassinated. More civil wars followed his death. Augustus won the final civil war of the Republic, which was a fight with Marc Antony over who would become the sole ruler of Rome and her territories. He gained control over the army and amassed great wealth through the spoil of war. He used both to establish his own absolute rule and became the first Roman emperor. His tight control over the state restored a strong central government and political stability. Rule by emperors continued for 503 years