How the Roman Government Worked

The Roman Empire was one of the most influential and long-lasting civilizations in world history, and their government has strongly influences modern governments around the world. So how did the Roman government work, and how did it govern its vast territories without modern technology?

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[heinzlilio]

"How the Roman Government worked"
*gets compared to a discord server within 25 seconds*

[Dovahhatty]

"Jhulios Sheezur, or I V L I V S * C A E S A R..."
Finally, someone at least tries

[FreakishSmilePA]

KhAnubis just wants to flex his Latin lol

[ecurewitz]

I like it when people pronounce Classical Latin correctly. Good job :)

[woltersworld]

Congrats on the 100k subs! Awesome to see.

[GeographyWorld]

Congratulations on 100, 000 subscribers!

[CivilWarWeekByWeek]

The real title should be how the roman government worked, didn't work, changed, worked, didn't work, changed, Etc.

[cenkuygur]

The Patrician and Plebeian classes were virtually irrelevant by 200 BCE. The ranks on the Comitia Centuriata eventually became the basis for societal structure, as your rank in that determined your ability to influence policy. The Equestrian Class eventually replaced the Patricians in terms of dominance, with the vast majority of the already small Patrician families fading into obscurity(the Iulii, for example, could barely afford their own insula).

[MythologywithMike]

4:49 What a genius transition. I genuinely did not see that coming

Also this was a really good refresher for me on how Rome operated cuz I haven't actually looked into it in so long

[artificialgravitas]

That cameo of the discord server is pretty hilarious, almost makes me wish I were still consul. Either way very glad to see it!

[coinstalker]

This channel is so underrated you should get more subscribers

[blnky]

2:16 Sulla actually expanded number of senators from about 300 before civil war to as many as 600. (Not 900)

[samaccardi]

"How the Roman government worked."

Seriously though, it's amazing it did XD

[ChiChiLand]

If you can I'd love to see on Aztec government explain. The new world cultures often get so ignored.

[dakine]

Phenomenal video. This helped me a lot with school. thank you!

[spiritualanarchist]

The Roman empire was limited by how far it's legions could march.The Mongolian Empire was limited by how far it's cavalry could ride.

[larsrons]

Great video, detailed and comprehensive.

[tag]

Really like the video. Thanks for explaining the Roman Empire

[louisonggo]

Congrats to a 100k ur channel is great and very educational

[gilgabro]

It really bothers me that the borders aren't drawn properly. There are so many small enclaves on the map which didn't exist in reality. That's a bit nitpicky but whatever that's what I live for.