Theory of Empire
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Theory of Empire
While learning about the fall of the Roman Empire it was pertinent to learn about all the emperors of Rome and what their styles of ruling were. It is evident that all of the Roman emperors held all the same things important to them. These ideas and morals made the emperors who they were and defined the empire they lived in during their time as rulers. The ideas and morals that were all alike for the emperors was the God or gods they worshipped, the armies they were in charge of, and the people they ruled.
The God or gods they worshipped was so important in how they ran their empires. If they worshipped more than one god the emperors would give sacrifices to different gods depending on what they wanted for their empires and what they wanted to accomplish. If they worshipped one God then everything they did was for Him. If they lost a battle, they lost a battle for the Lord. If they won a battle, then the Lord was with them and that win was in the name of the Lord.
How they ran their armies also greatly influenced their success as an emperor. Battles and wars were the single greatest thing that influenced their success. If they won then they got control of more land and if they lost than they potentially lost their lives and their status as emperor. Some of the most remembered battles of all time came under the emperors we learned about in class.
How these emperors ruled their people also were great indicators of how they were as leaders. Whether they were kind and protective of their people or whether they were cautious and untrusting of their people.
Cassiodorus’s letters, drafted in the name of Theoderic, are very direct. They clearly reveal the kind of emperor that Theoderic was and reveal his style of ruling. Through the examples given earlier about how he worshipped, how he led his army, and how he treated his people; it is made very clear they type of ruler he was. The first sentence is a perfect example of Theoderic’s feelings and...
While learning about the fall of the Roman Empire it was pertinent to learn about all the emperors of Rome and what their styles of ruling were. It is evident that all of the Roman emperors held all the same things important to them. These ideas and morals made the emperors who they were and defined the empire they lived in during their time as rulers. The ideas and morals that were all alike for the emperors was the God or gods they worshipped, the armies they were in charge of, and the people they ruled.
The God or gods they worshipped was so important in how they ran their empires. If they worshipped more than one god the emperors would give sacrifices to different gods depending on what they wanted for their empires and what they wanted to accomplish. If they worshipped one God then everything they did was for Him. If they lost a battle, they lost a battle for the Lord. If they won a battle, then the Lord was with them and that win was in the name of the Lord.
How they ran their armies also greatly influenced their success as an emperor. Battles and wars were the single greatest thing that influenced their success. If they won then they got control of more land and if they lost than they potentially lost their lives and their status as emperor. Some of the most remembered battles of all time came under the emperors we learned about in class.
How these emperors ruled their people also were great indicators of how they were as leaders. Whether they were kind and protective of their people or whether they were cautious and untrusting of their people.
Cassiodorus’s letters, drafted in the name of Theoderic, are very direct. They clearly reveal the kind of emperor that Theoderic was and reveal his style of ruling. Through the examples given earlier about how he worshipped, how he led his army, and how he treated his people; it is made very clear they type of ruler he was. The first sentence is a perfect example of Theoderic’s feelings and...