Ancient History Essay "Rome's Imperial Expansion Was A Two Edged Sword" Rome was an extremely resourceful community that, because of their innovative ideas, military leaders and expansion, was eventually turned into an empire. At the same time, it is through these that also turned Rome upside down; there techniques where always the same so it wasn't too difficult for any of their enemies to reverse their own maneuvers on themselves. Over the centuries Rome has …
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…do with their fall. The Greeks believed that too much power entrusted in one person was dangerous, and from this came the saying: "Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely." This meant, quite plainly that if you gave one person in the military or a high ranking politic enough power, they will want more and become extremely hungry for greed. Therefore it is evident that even the greatest empires can be destroyed because of wealth and military greed.