Throughout history there has been thousands of dominate empires, but none as dominate as the Roman Empire. Rome's great empire included over one million people, and ran in a stretch of over two million miles. Rome's government was very public oriented. Rome had huge public buildings that allowed people to participate in public life. The emergence of a great army assisted in Rome's dominance. The army was very strong, and used very advanced tactics. Roman leaders seemed to have an obsession with death, so they organized gladiator fights to take place in the local arena. In 80 AD the Coliseum was constructed. Holding over 50,000 people, and standing fourteen stories high, the Coliseum had entertainment all day long. Over 3,000 gladiators would fight animals, prisoners of war, and wild beasts. Gladiators that won would receive cash prizes and most importantly the approval of the people. Many of the fights were to the death, and the Roman people could not get enough of it. Fighting and death was so common in the Roman age, I feel I would have gone right along with cheering on gladiators that killed innocent animals and people. The Roman Empire dominated the world at this time, and I would have never passed up the opportunity to be a part of that.
             War, the one word everybody associates with the Roman Empire. Through war, Rome conquered most of Europe. War helped Rome acquire land, set rules, and helped leaders emerge. Julius Caesar is the most well known leader of the Roman Empire. Caesar ordered the overtake of Gaul, and then thanked himself by throwing a huge victory celebration. Though Julius Caesar did great things for Rome, he did acquire enemies along the way, and was stabbed to death. Did the greed and the violent nature of the people cause Julius Caesars assassination? If that is the reason, I feel that greed and violence led to the fall of the Roman Empire.
             After the death of Julius Caesar...