“As long as the Colosseum exists, Rome will stand; When the Colosseum falls, Rome will fall; And when Rome falls, the world will fall." Lord Byron. This essay will discuss the military, economic, and government systems similarities between the Roman Empire of the 6th century BC and the United States of America of the 20th century. History has revealed that all superpowers eventually fall, even though it has been a long time since the glory days of Rome and in 2015 we see the greatest superpower in charge, the United States. There are many similarities that can be drawn between the American superpower and the Roman Empire, such as the same founding of government and both dominated militarily and economically. This leads to the conclusion that because the rise to power between the two powers was so similar, the fall will be equally parallel. The republican era of Rome began after the dethronement of the last Roman king Tarquinius Superbus by Lucius Brutus in 509 BC(1), the Senate was governed by the people of Rome. The Roman Republic was governed by a largely complex constitution, which established many checks and balances, so no one man could be in complete control. The evolution of the constitution was strongly influenced by the struggle between the patricians and other prominent Romans who did not belong to the nobility. Early in Rome's history, the patricians controlled the republic, over time the laws that allowed these individuals to dominate the government were repealed, and the result was the emergence of a republic that depended on the structure of society, rather than the law, to maintain his dominion. This is similar to the creation of the American system of government. Starting with the reversal of the card... the fall of Rome should be a warning to the United States. Furthermore, since the domination of the United States occurred much more rapidly than that of Rome, the fall could probably be much more rapid as well. Works Cited1. Tim Cornell, John Matthews, Atlas of the Roman World, Facts On File Inc, 1982. (p.216)2.Guglielmo Ferrero, Ancient Rome and Modern America: A Comparative Study of Morals and Manners, GP Putnam's Sons Publishing, New York , 1914. (pages 130-143)3. Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic, Abacus Publishing, 2004. (Page 50)4. Suetonius, Robert Graves (translator), The Twelve Caesars, Penguin Classics, 2007. (p. 27)5. Lesley Adkins, Roy A Adkins, Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome, Oxford University Press, 1998. (p. 304)6. Lewis M. Simons, Panama's Rite of Passage and American Trade, National Geographic, November 1999.