Essay About Julius Caesar And Great Leaders

Rome and Us
Essay title: Rome and Us
There are many similarities and differences between the United
States and Rome. Both were and are major powers in society. They also
had their share of great and not so great leaders. For example, Rome had
Julius Caesar and Constantine as great leaders, and the United States has
had greats like George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Rome had its
share of bad leaders in Caligula and Nero who were most likely insane ,
doing things from burning down their city, to appointing there favorite
horse as consul! United States bad leaders may be considered as people
like Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter for their blunders as president. The
governments of Rome and the United States are quite similar too. Both
have three separate branches of government. Rome and America both
have a republic. America also has a democracy. Although the exact types
of republics do vary, in that America is a republic and democracy but
people do not have complete power, they are governments in which the
officials are elected by the people. Rome started this form of
government to keep one individual from gaining too much power, which
can also be said for why we have a type of republic. In times of war,
Romans would elect a dictator that had complete control of the
government. They would be the dictator for six months, which was the
time until his term was up. In the United States, the President is elected
and is automatically Commander and Chief of all armed forces. As for
religion, Rome had its belief in the gods like Neptune, the sea god, and
Mars,