The Romans did not have much of a problem with this notion. There were many religions in the areas they conquered and they respected their religions and customs. Therefore, they were not bother about other creeds.
The problems that some of the Roman Emperors had with Christianity was that the Christians refused to comply with their orders. The first persecutions followed an order that everyone in the empire should perform the sacrifices of Roman religion. Many Christians refused to do so and were persecuted. To the Romans, politics, the state and their religion were intertwined. A refusal to comply was seen as a threat to the state.
Eventually, Christianity became the religion of the masses of the empire and was then adopted by the emperors in the Late Empire. Mainstream Christianity became state religion in 380 (dissident sects were banned and persecuted).
For much if its history the Holy Roman Empire had a predominantly agricultural economy based on serfdom. Peasants worked the estates of the lords as serfs. An exceptions to this were the cites of the Hanseatic league in northern Germany which were trading cities. Late on, the empire found it difficult to cope with the growth of urban economies and with industrialisation which challenged the old established order because it had evolved out of medieval arrangements.
It provided 70 million people with security and increased prosperity. It was unable to cope with the incoming Eurasian peoples who took it over.
The catapult had connections with the Roman military, rather than Roman Society. It was a siege machine that hurled stones and other projectiles over the walls of cities which were being besieged. If it had an effect on Roman society, it would be indirect in that it helped the expansion of the Roman empire. The growth of the empire had effects on Roman society. It led to the end of the Roman Republic which fell under the weight of imperialism. Its government became dysfunctional and unable to cope with the empire. It lost lost control of the provinces (conquered areas) where the provincial governors acted independently. The professionalization of the army led to the soldiers being loyal to their military commanders who could use them to obtain what they wanted with the use of violence or the thereat of violence. Corruption had spiraled out of control. Eventually, the Republic was replaced by rule by an emperor, However, all this was due to a complex web of factors, not just the catapults making imperial conquest easier.
In the third century they did not have a military advantage. The Roman army was better trained and more disciplined and won most of the battles. An advantage these peoples had is that there were many of these tribes and they lived along the long stretch of the vast frontiers of the Roman Empire in Europe. There were many raids, incursions and attempted invasions at distant points along the frontiers . This greatly overstretched the Roman army, and pot it under great strain. Nevertheless, repelled all of them. In the fifth century the advantage was that the Roman army had recruitment shortages and come to rely on mercenaries and that it became overstretched again. Some Germanic peoples invaded Gaul and the western part of the Roman Empire. The Roman army, which had to deal with a rebellion by their Visigoth allies and an invasion of Italy by other Goths (which was repelled) could not cope with an invasion of Gaul as well. Another advantage was that at this point the Romans lost political ccohesion and lacked the unity necessary to respond to these invasions effectively.
It was the 503-year period of rule by emperors (509-27 BC) which followed the 482-year period of the Roman Republic (27 BC-476 AD). The Roman Republic fell under the weight of imperial expansion. Rome's expansion in the republican period was not the fruit of a grand design of imperialist expansion. It was the result of a number of wars which Rome fought and won. The system of government of the Republic was unable to cope with having an empire and became dysfunctional. In its last 64 years there were 12 civil wars which eventually brought the Republic down. The republic was replaced by the period of rule by absolute rulers by men which historians call emperors (the Romans did not use this term) which established relative political stability in the Roman Empire for some 200 years (historians call this the Pax Romana). After this, the Roman Empire started getting into trouble.
It was not the military as such which fell. It was the western part of the Roman Empire. It fell under the weight of the invasions by the Germanic peoples (Vandals, Suevi, Alans, Burgundians, Alemanni and Franks). Apart from the last two peoples, these invasions involved more than military attacks. They were migrations of whole peoples in search of new lands. They established their own kingdoms in all the lands of this part of the Roman Empire except for Italy. These invasions were too much for the Roman army to cope with them. The eastern part of the Roman Empire was not affected by these invasions and continued to exist into the Middle Ages. Historians have coined the term Byzantine Empire to indicate the easter part of the empire after the fall of the western part.
For much if its history the Holy Roman Empire had a predominantly agricultural economy based on serfdom. Peasants worked the estates of the lords as serfs. An exceptions to this were the cites of the Hanseatic league in northern Germany which were trading cities. Late on, the empire found it difficult to cope with the growth of urban economies and with industrialisation which challenged the old established order because it had evolved out of medieval arrangements.
For much if its history the Holy Roman Empire had a predominantly agricultural economy based on serfdom. Peasants worked the estates of the lords as serfs. An exceptions to this were the cites of the Hanseatic league in northern Germany which were trading cities. Late on, the empire found it difficult to cope with the growth of urban economies and with industrialisation which challenged the old established order because it had evolved out of medieval arrangements.
It provided 70 million people with security and increased prosperity. It was unable to cope with the incoming Eurasian peoples who took it over.
Trust in Jesus. He is the rock.
Henry Cope has written: 'Demonstratio medico-practica prognosticorum Hippocratis' -- subject(s): Prognosis, Early works to 1800, Greek and Roman Medicine
The catapult had connections with the Roman military, rather than Roman Society. It was a siege machine that hurled stones and other projectiles over the walls of cities which were being besieged. If it had an effect on Roman society, it would be indirect in that it helped the expansion of the Roman empire. The growth of the empire had effects on Roman society. It led to the end of the Roman Republic which fell under the weight of imperialism. Its government became dysfunctional and unable to cope with the empire. It lost lost control of the provinces (conquered areas) where the provincial governors acted independently. The professionalization of the army led to the soldiers being loyal to their military commanders who could use them to obtain what they wanted with the use of violence or the thereat of violence. Corruption had spiraled out of control. Eventually, the Republic was replaced by rule by an emperor, However, all this was due to a complex web of factors, not just the catapults making imperial conquest easier.
In short, the Romans did not cope, and the Empire famously "declined and fell". Lots of reasons have been suggested for Rome's fall: * The empire was too huge and too disparate to be managed * There were power struggles and political intrigues * Lead poisoning from lead pipes is alleged to have caused brain damage * "Loose" morals are alleged to have spread disease and lethargy. Although we tend to think of the Roman Empire as expiring in the mid-5th century AD, remember that the eastern branch (based in Constantinople) lasted another 800 years or so until the Muslim invasion of Turkey.
In the third century they did not have a military advantage. The Roman army was better trained and more disciplined and won most of the battles. An advantage these peoples had is that there were many of these tribes and they lived along the long stretch of the vast frontiers of the Roman Empire in Europe. There were many raids, incursions and attempted invasions at distant points along the frontiers . This greatly overstretched the Roman army, and pot it under great strain. Nevertheless, repelled all of them. In the fifth century the advantage was that the Roman army had recruitment shortages and come to rely on mercenaries and that it became overstretched again. Some Germanic peoples invaded Gaul and the western part of the Roman Empire. The Roman army, which had to deal with a rebellion by their Visigoth allies and an invasion of Italy by other Goths (which was repelled) could not cope with an invasion of Gaul as well. Another advantage was that at this point the Romans lost political ccohesion and lacked the unity necessary to respond to these invasions effectively.
In the third century they did not have a military advantage. The Roman army was better trained and more disciplined and won most of the battles. An advantage these peoples had is that there were many of these tribes and they lived along the long stretch of the vast frontiers of the Roman Empire in Europe. There were many raids, incursions and attempted invasions at distant points along the frontiers . This greatly overstretched the Roman army, and pot it under great strain. Nevertheless, repelled all of them. In the fifth century the advantage was that the Roman army had recruitment shortages and come to rely on mercenaries and that it became overstretched again. Some Germanic peoples invaded Gaul and the western part of the Roman Empire. The Roman army, which had to deal with a rebellion by their Visigoth allies and an invasion of Italy by other Goths (which was repelled) could not cope with an invasion of Gaul as well. Another advantage was that at this point the Romans lost political ccohesion and lacked the unity necessary to respond to these invasions effectively.
In the third century they did not have a military advantage. The Roman army was better trained and more disciplined and won most of the battles. An advantage these peoples had is that there were many of these tribes and they lived along the long stretch of the vast frontiers of the Roman Empire in Europe. There were many raids, incursions and attempted invasions at distant points along the frontiers . This greatly overstretched the Roman army, and pot it under great strain. Nevertheless, repelled all of them. In the fifth century the advantage was that the Roman army had recruitment shortages and come to rely on mercenaries and that it became overstretched again. Some Germanic peoples invaded Gaul and the western part of the Roman Empire. The Roman army, which had to deal with a rebellion by their Visigoth allies and an invasion of Italy by other Goths (which was repelled) could not cope with an invasion of Gaul as well. Another advantage was that at this point the Romans lost political ccohesion and lacked the unity necessary to respond to these invasions effectively.
Cope (Present tense) Coped (Past tense)