West Civ. Final Exam Question 5

The Ancient Roman Empire is compared to the United States today often. However people need to understand that they are nothing a like. Sure we have democracy just like the Romans, but today ours is a lot more advanced and organized. The Ancient Roman Empire was the best in its day, and now the U.S is best in its day. It is still not fair to say that the United States is the modern day equivalent of the Roman Empire.
First, in the front page of "The Courier Journal"http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/hr.asp?fpVname=KY_CJ&ref_pge= it has a section about the economy, and at the same time, the Romans had an economy. The Romans had tax collectors and jobs. Today, we have a lot more industrial jobs then agricultural like the Romans. Also today we have a lot more technology which allows more jobs and trade. Today in the U.S, we also have a toil more advanced currency system that allows the economy to change sometimes. (Courier Journal 2011) Not only was the economy different, but the architecture is also different in some ways.
Sure we still have bricks, cement, and columns from the Romans, but we also have a lot more materials due technology and discoveries. In the front page of the "West Central Tribune" has something about elevators.