How were the Romans so successful in maintaining their empire? How is it possible that such a huge land area could be governed by a single power without modern communications networks? Why did subjugated peoples so readily submit to foreign domination and foreign taxes? Rome actually had relatively little bureaucracy to control its empire. Control was maintained more through conditioning the minds of the conquered masses to accept Roman rule than a complex system of …
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…armies of other people. It is very little wonder that Rome succeeded in maintaining its Empire for so long. Roman policy ensured that Roman culture would last long after the Empire itself had fallen. It might be said that Rome was the first primitive nation-state, and the unity that comes with a nation-state is what held it all together. Although the Roman Empire has now long passed, its policies and culture still remain with us.