Positive And Negative Effects Of Roman Conquests

Roman conquest was basically a gradual process which started effectively in AD 42 under the emperor known as Claudius (David, 1996). The major states conquered include Spain, England, France, and others. Conquest as well as control of hectic trade routes, led to incredible resources in Rome. The new class of wealthy Romans also emerged. There are many effects of Roman conquest which affected both Romans and conquered individuals positively and negatively. The conceptual paper will explain negative effects of Roman conquest. To begin with first negative consequences of Roman conquest is that, a number of farmers lost their lands and businesses (Morey, 1901). Because cheap labor as well as slaves were rampant in all Roman provinces, several

They were being taxed excessively, and therefore, whatever these people received went in vain because it was used by elites of Rome to carry out other drives. Many of individuals lost their freedom whereby most powerful males lost their authority after Rome gained control. In over-all, people lives became further limited. Thirdly, the conquest led to the slave trade. As people in Rome conquered more farms, they forced women and children captured during the war to work on their farms as slaves and even sold them as slaves to other countries. Moreover, these slaves were forced to perform everyday activities of Romans on harsh climate and treatment. Further, the conquest led to massive loss of lives and destructions of property. During the conquest, millions of people were killed leading to the death of people and many expensive properties were destroyed. Another negative effect of Roman conquest is that, the defeated people lost their beliefs, languages as well as culture. After Rome completely took over, everything was implemented with regard to Rome and defeated individuals did not have authority to implement laws or else run the government. They were oppressed making them lose their important beliefs in culture and