![]() Our attention will then be directed to her generals, her armies, her battles, her conquests. We shall then see her territory gradually expanding from a small spot on the Tiber, until it takes in the whole peninsula of Italy, and finally all the countries on the Mediterranean Sea. In the first place, we may look at the external growth of Rome. Phases of Roman History.≺s we approach the study of Roman history, we shall find that we can look at it from different points of view and it will present to us different phases. On this account we may say that Rome was the foundation of the modern world. What she inherited from the past she bequeathed to the future, together with what she herself created. She not only gathered up the products of the ancient world, she also transmitted these products to modern times. Rome is thus the connecting link between ancient and modern history. When the Roman Empire fell and was broken up into fragments, some of these fragments became the foundation of modern statesItaly, Spain, France, and England. Rome and the Modern World.If Rome held such an important relation to the ancient world, she has held a still more important relation to the modern world. We may, therefore, say that Rome was the highest product of the ancient world. The ideas and customs, the art and institutions, of these countries were taken up and welded together into what we call Roman civilization. upon the Mediterranean Sea - Carthage and Egypt, Palestine and Syria, Greece and Macedoniaall became parts of the Roman Empire. ![]() But Rome not only conquered the most important countries of the old world she also made of these different countries one united people, so that the ancient world became at last the Roman world. Rome and the Ancient World.We often think of the Romans as the people who conquered the world. In order, then, to understand the world in which we live to-day, we must study these world-peoples, who may have lived many centuries ago, but who have given to us much that makes us what we aremuch of our language, our literature, our religion, our art, our government and law. If these peoples had never existed, our life and customs would no doubt be very different from what they are now. There are a few great peoples, like the Hebrews, the Greeks, and the Romans, who have done much to make the world what it is. Importance of Roman History.≺s we begin the study of Roman history, we may ask ourselves the question, Why is this subject important and worthy of our attention? It is because Rome was one of the greatest powers of the ancient world, and has also exercised a great influence upon nearly all modern nations. The Character of Roman History, I. The Geography of Italy, II. The Peoples of Italy, III.
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