Two striking cultural similarity between the American culture and the roman culture are the love for entertainment and the desire for numerous laws.
entertainment is at the heart of the American life and today nearly every homestead own a television for homes, and tunes on to movies either on pc,Netflix or DVD that resembles Roman gladiator contests. Romans were particularly thrilled by entertainment which was done through sports. Americans also love laws,political and legal issues, a result of which is numerous juries,lawsuits and debates, which is similar to the Roman era contention with laws regarding slavery, citizenship among st other civil issues such as divorce.
After the fracture of the Roman Empire in 285 CE, this civilization was divided into two territories: The Western Roman Empire based in Milan and The Eastern Roman Empire based in Nicomedia. However, due to the fall of the Western Empire in 324, the Eastern part decided to shift its capital to Constantinople, which is nowadays known as Istanbul. This was home to the Roman emperor until the fall of the city at the hand's of the Ottoman Empire in 1453.
