HISTORY
ORIGINS OF CHRISTIANITY
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Question
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Outside invasions weakened the Republic
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A wide gap between the rich and poor developed
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Greedy leaders abused their power
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The people preferred a monarch over two consuls
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Detailed explanation-1: -Many of the problems that led to Rome’s decline were due to government and economic corruption. Rome’s economy was based on slave labor. By relying on slave labor, there was a large gap between the rich and the poor. The rich grew wealthy from their slaves while the poor could not find enough work.
Detailed explanation-2: -The main difference between the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire was that the former was a democratic society and the latter was run by only one man. Also, the Roman Republic was in an almost constant state of war, whereas the Roman Empire’s first 200 years were relatively peaceful.
Detailed explanation-3: -In response to Caesar’s death, his nephew and heir Augustus defeated the conspirators. He then established himself as the first Roman emperor. The Roman Empire dramatically shifted power away from representative democracy to centralized imperial authority, with the emperor holding the most power.