It is fair to say that our country is not like the modern day Rome. We have so many different things than Rome had. Their leaders were not as concerned with the people as they were with themselves.Our country has many weapons that are more advanced then any that were in Roman time. Of course, there are some that are similar, but the changes made in order to make them safer and more useful are very important. Today, we are advanced with technology, stable leaders, and medical devices.
Technology today is a big part of the world. In Roman times, messages were sent by a horse. The U.S.A. has the privilege to be able to click a button, and any message can be sent to any amount of people. Rome also had to write or remember all of the information. Our country is able to type everything down. In an article by the Annistan Star, it talks about the advances in agricultural technology. There are now super- powered hoses that are able to water entire fields. In Roman times, fields were watered by hand, and they probably were not even very big. These are just a few of the examples of how technology proves that the U.S.A. is not like the modern Rome at all.
Rome used to have unfair leaders who were all too concerned with themselves. Of course, there were a few that were good, just like we have had some that were bad, but is is still much different. War in ancient Rome were violent, and compared to ours today, very unorganized. The U.S. seems to have very civil wars compared to the way that they used to be. In an article by Opelika- Auburn News, President Obama frets about the decrease in jobs. It is good to know that there is a leader who is concerned for the entire being of the country and not just him or herself.
In today's times, we are much more medically advanced then they were in Roman times. There were many plagues, but if one hit here today, the U.S. would probably handle it with much more ease. In the article, Picking up the Pieces, it talks about victims who have bounced back after a huge tornado. Medical people were sent out right away to tend to the victims. Even though this is such a huge tragedy, it was not too hard to handle. This is the type of thing that these men and women who work in hospitals see everyday. We are lucky to be able to cope after this, but the Romans probably wouldn't have been. They did not have very sterile places to preform surgeries, any other type of medical operation. Many people died from infection from just a minor scrape. This is just one of the many reasons that this country could not be able to be called the modern day Roman Empire.
Today could not be called as the modern day Roman empire. We have far too much technology, medicine, and political advantages to be considered as that.
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If we had had more time, it would have been interesting to hear you elaborate on the issue of a leader who "is concerned for the entire being of the country". I often wonder how the Roman people could have put up with an emperor like Caligula or Nero; was it fear? Were they "paid off"? Were they just unaware or did they just not care?
ReplyDeleteYou bring up a good point here -- it's a point about democracy, really. Our political system is designed so that an emperor could never come to power. The result is a government that needs to take into account the needs of the population.