Reviewing a Romanticized Roman-Greek system and it's Fall: The Rise of Persia in the West

An 18th-century Romanticized painting of The Martyrdom 

of Saint Agnes in the Roman Forum

Its still a wonder why Ancient Rome is continually portrayed as a founder of Democracy and Republicanism unless the definition of a "Republic" defers in some way across the west. A Republic Government by definition is an authority ruled by its elected  representatives of a citizen body. This simple stated definition of a Republic disrobes any chance of Ancient Rome being more than a region of Imperial territories and Clan Politics exercising social and commercial tyranny. From beginning to end, the region remained without legal justice and if there was a sign to be hung on Rome's entrance, it would say "The Roman Realms" in big letters, and below it "Only a private army is needed here to make laws".

According with some dates, the Roman Republic began in 509 BC and lasted until 27 BC. The dates are surprising which stretches for almost 500 years. In the year 499 BC, 10 years after the non-Roman Republic remained, the Greek city of Ionia was invaded by Persia. The Magi of Central Asia had taken over the Zoroastrian religion in 500 BC and Persia advanced west. Xerxes invaded Tharce in 481 BC and in the year 480 BC, Sparta revolted shortly in a losing battle (a myth still written as history). The Persian Empire who for this particular invasion of Greece, became a large alliance of confederated Kingdoms, Clans, and companies with regions of influence, began to border Egyptian-Greek areas in Southern and Southern Eastern Greece.

In the year 405 BC "The Great City of Athens", a city maintained by Egyptian and Greek governors, falls to The Great Persian alliance. Spartans who are often mentioned as anti-Persian in History, were according to resources the mercenary who had helped plan and put down their Egyptian-Greek Athens neighbors, whom they hated, ever since Egyptian-Greek houses founded its southern coastline. After an established presence in Greek lands, Alexander The Great sided with Persia, as did many Hebrew Jewish aristocrats and local provincial governances. Alexander's name itself is taken from "Cyrus The Great", and in the year 332 BC, Alexander attacks Arabia in Syria, then who campaigned in Palestine. In the year 324 BC, Alexander marries 80 top officers including his Generals into Persian aristocratic houses. 

These winning parties of Persian power later created the Byzantine Empire or Eastern Roman Empire. The Byzantine Empire throughout Rome's supposed "Republican and Democratic History" overruled the Western Roman Empire in Italy. A Senate was created for the overseeing of "public affairs", a club of governors who answered to royalty and militant power, the same governing set-up that was once in Great Athens, but who used to answer to Pharaoh's Egypt.

Almost 300 years later in 44 BC, Cleopatra takes over Rome killing Julius Ceasar (The Julie') in what's called "The Ides of March". The Goddess like Cleopatra then has a dominating power until 27 BC when Octavian finally comes to influence after the death of General Antony.

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