Rome and there achievements helped us develop who we are and what we have in so many ways. for example rome came up with concrete and we use concrete for everything from buildings to street, roads, and freeways. some of romes concrete buildings are still standing like the colosseum. another great achievement that helped us was the architectural domes and arches, this was great for architecture because domes and arches are used for so many buildings. aqueducts, rome created aqueducts that transported water underground which is kind of like our sewer system and the pipes under houses. over all rome has so many great inventions.
rome was a good empire but like everything it comes to an end. i think that one of the most important reason rome fell was the inflation. Inflation is when prices go up rapidly, in rome people could not afford taxes so they paid in fruit. people weren't buying things from merchants so they raised there prices up so if they did buy something then the merchants would get money. there currency was gold coins but as inflation started to occur the amount of gold started to decrease. then there was the decline in morals and values, there was a ton of crime and violence which made the cities unsafe. rome was at the point where there was 32,000 prostitutes so they could make money and same with gladiators they were fighting to the deaths in the colloseum. rome had a terrible line of rulers all passing and getting sick. also the barbarian invasion, a civil war occurred and they lost a ton of men. the trade and any business started to disappear.
rome was once a great, powerful empire. they had so many great achievements that we still use today. rome has left so many influences on us now. they should be proud of themselves. some of roman buildings are still standing because of their great architecture.