Those Who Do Not Remember the Past Are Condemned to Repeat It
" George Santayana-American Philosopher. Roman Empire was a powerful civilization that ruled for nearly 1000 years. The
legacy of the Roman Empire
has been varied and significant. The Roman Empire, itself built upon the legacy of other cultures, has had long-lasting influence with broad geographical reach on a great range of cultural aspects, including state institutions, law, cultural values, religious beliefs, technological advances, engineering, and language. The history of the Roman Empire offers many lessons for modern times, particularly in the areas of
leadership
,
governance
cultural identity, and effective institutions
. Since the fall of the Roman Empire was due primarily to the crumbling and diminishing of everything that made Rome great and a powerful and admiring empire in the first place. Additionally, political
instability
and
corruption
worsen the situation, and made the empire unable to address the economic and social challenges that it faced. This lesson is particularly relevant in today's world, and this book presents similarities between the current American society and Ancient Rome. The
similarities
that today's American society shares with ancient Rome are
enormous
, and there are significant
parallels
between the two empires, just before the
eventual fall
.