c However, the road infrastructure, the cultural achievements, as well as other aspects of Roman influence were only possible as a result of strong and constant policies undergone by the Empire. In this sense, it was clear for Rome that the army was of crucial importance. Therefore, all soldiers enlisted in the Roman army benefited from the same rights and advantages as the ones being stationed in the Capital, for the simple reason that the Roman army from the capital could not ensure its detachment for every threat at the boundaries of the Empire. Therefore, conditions were created that soldiers formed the territories and provinces conquered would enlist in the Roman army and therefore defend the boundaries of the Empire from any perpetrators. This enabled an extremely efficient means of defense for a very large empire. Furthermore, the Roman empire was known for its extremely efficient Latin law created in the first centuries. This type of law became applicable in the provinces as well. Given the fact that very important scholars in Roma had created it and from the entire Roman empire it had become very efficient and correct and soon the provinces started to use it as opposed to the local law that was most of the times arbitrary.

One of the most important examples of the Roman might was the confrontation known in history as the Punic Wars that opposed the Roman Empire to the city of Cartagena, on the African continent. Although the Romans were not as skilled as the armies of Cartagena, they managed, during the three Punic wars to establish such a fleet that would undermine the African center and would determine the full Roman control over the Mediterranean basin....

However, this victory would not had been possible should the Roman army not collaborate with the Roman Senate on the military tactics. Therefore, the Roman Empire was, at the time of its utmost fame, one of the most well trained, well prepared from a political point-of-view, and most advanced mechanism of civilization, from the language it promoted to the way in which the armies trained and acted on the battlefield.
The study of ancient history is crucial for understanding the past and for better envisaging of the future. The historical events that have shaped this past are perhaps the most important lessons that can be taken to ensure that the mistakes made are not repeated in the future. At the same time, some of the most representative events in the ancient history, such as the rise and fall of the Ottoman Empire shape the understanding of events such as the rise and fall of the former Soviet Union in the 20th century. This is largely because the Ottoman Empire was probably the most important political structure of the ancient world and used specific aspects of political, economic, and cultural strategy that stood at the base of contemporary structures of these areas.

My opinion did not extend but rather it became more complex as a result of the study of this part of ancient history because it provided me more information on the subject and therefore my opinion on the subject is now more complex and better structured on additional information.

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Berstein, Serge, and Milza. Pierre. Histoire de l'Europe. Paris: Hatier, 1994.