The endurance of Stoicism must not only be attributed to its ability to help a civilization maintain power; its attractiveness to downtrodden peoples in times of collapse also contributed to Stoicism's survival. ... For example, in the Conquista, the Spanish demonstrated a high degree of hypocrisy when forcing conversion on non-Christians and ignoring the principle of equality in their religion. ...
He then embarked on a four-year tour of the empire, where he visited Greece, Asia Minor, Gaul, Germany, Britain and Spain. ... Although, Hadrian's time as Emperor was interrupted by revolts such as the Jewish in 131, his rule on the land of Rome was peaceful and continued until his well planned and smooth succession in 138.Hadrian was very close to his people and helped Rome economically, politically and socially. ...
The Romans, the Mongols, the British and the Spanish empires and many more have all made us who we are today; from one empire another one was given birth to, but also as the culture, language, and food and even combat transformed and developed. ... If there wasn't electricity there wouldn't be any industrial machine which helped us by doing dangerous or hard work for us. ...
