The people in that society were aginainst weapons and Comumbus didn't know they were rich until they showed him a temple where they kept a lot of gold and silver. After he saw the gold, he called them rich and sofisticated just because they had something he wanted. Most of what he saw after that was an easy target for conquer but he went back to Europe due to lack of funding.
No, not everyone who <span>wanted a job in ancient Rome got one, since many people did not have the freedom to make this choice, especially people like women and slaves. </span>