The Powerful Roman Empire On Ancient Times - 1118 Words

Jayan Joshi History 9 Mrs. Santosuosso 2/10/16 The Powerful Roman Empire The Roman Empire was one of the most well known empires in history. It was the most powerful of all of the empires and covered at least a part of over fifty present-day countries. It covered the most area out of all of the empires in history. Other than the Spartans, the Roman Empire had the most powerful army of the ancient world and contained over 20% of the world population back then. The Roman’s ingenuity created many inventions as well, such as the arch, which, with aqueducts, would revolutionize the transport of water and other supplies across the empire. The Roman Empire was the strongest in ancient times, and contained almost all of modern day Europe in its†¦show more content†¦One main reason that the Roman Empire expanded so much was because of their many good emperors such as Trajan and his successor Hadrian. Trajan was emperor of Rome from 98-117 CE and is considered one of the â€Å"Five Good Emperors† of Rome. One reason Trajan was considered such a good emperor was because he was kind and generous to the Roman People and Senate. Because of this, Trajan was one of the reasons that Rome could have so much land and be at the height of their power during his reign. Trajan made sure that the poor were fed and cared for, and almost everybody in his empire liked him. Aside from his kindness, Trajan was also recognized for his achievements in war and expanding Rome to its height in 117 AD with 5 million square kilometers. Throughout Trajan’s reign, he captured Dacia, or present-day Romania, and the Parthian Empire, or the Persians with his skill in fighting. Following Trajan’s death in 117, Hadrian rose to the throne. Hadrian is considered another one of the â€Å"five good emperors† of Rome, except Hadrian was different than Trajan in that he unified and conso lidated Rome rather than seize more land as Trajan had. Rather than expand the Empire, Hadrian ruled justly and traveled around his empire and rectified tax situations. Hadrian is most well known for building a wall across Britain to keep out barbarians called Hadrian’s Wall. Although these emperors helped maintain the Roman