America the New Rome

by bigdaddy0123

To compare America as the new Rome, one must take into consideration the thousands of years separating these two empires. There are countless similarities that enable us to conclude America is the modern day Rome. But yet, due to the vast differences in society with thousands of years apart, there are numerous differences between America and Rome. The most notable similarity comes from military prowess; both empires are the most dominant and influential military power of their time. They are both masters at making alliances, using the influence of their power to convince nations to make alliances, ensuring backup for the nation and some sort of strategic advantage for America or Rome. As well, America has copied many aspects of Roman society, such as citizenship, the idea of cognomen, religious tolerance, and aspects of government most notably the likeness of their consul and our congress, and much more. Another huge similarity comes on a much larger scale, simply the overall influence of each empire. Still today there are aspects of Roman Civilization all over the world, as well all over the globe it is easy to find aspects of American culture and influence. These two were and are the nations that everyone looks to, a great example is the extreme interest other nations take in the election, all over the world citizens are more tuned in than many Americans. Since the great time between the reigns of these two empires, obviously come many differences. The United States is not savagely conquering nations and trying to expand our nation geographically. Another difference, the United States is not declining and will not collapse soon like Rome. It was a much different time period and many factors contributed to Rome’s collapse. Although America is the new Rome, we will not collapse anytime soon, internal decline and outside factors lead to the collapse of Rome, but yet there is not the same internal decline as in Rome. Their political system and social systems began to fail while they had simultaneously stretched their empire too large where they couldn’t control. In closing, America is the new Rome of our generation with countless similarities but due to the different times of reign, there are some obvious differences.