CIVILIZATION
ROMAN
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Question
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Trade routes fell into disuse throughout the Republic
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The Republic adopted a monotheistic religion
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Soldiers deserted to join enemy armies attaching Rome
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Slavery became important to Rome’s agricultural production
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Detailed explanation-1: -Rome was able to gain its empire in large part by extending some form of citizenship to many of the people it conquered. Military expansion drove economic development, bringing enslaved people and loot back to Rome, which in turn transformed the city of Rome and Roman culture.
Detailed explanation-2: -Capture during war saw many enslaved, especially during the Republican period (509 BC to 27 BC). As a result, origins of those enslaved shifted with Rome’s geographical expansion. Augustus’ pacification of the Mediterranean, at the end of the 1st century BC, reduced the number of people enslaved through warfare.
Detailed explanation-3: -Slavery in ancient Rome played an important role in society and the economy. Besides manual labour, slaves performed many domestic services and might be employed at highly skilled jobs and professions. Accountants and physicians were often slaves. Slaves of Greek origin in particular might be highly educated.
Detailed explanation-4: -The economy of the Roman Empire was organized primarily to benefit the upper strata of society: the landlords rather than the peasantry, the rich more than the poor, the masters and certainly not the slaves. Above all, power and economic benefit were concentrated in the office of the emperor.