the "Clay" of the roman empire

the roman empire evolved. It became the "clay" of the developing country's.

The reason they are the clay of the country's was because they're government and their war tactics, were re-used in other empires. For example the "clay" of their democracy were used and reformed in our country to create our government. A lot of our democracy and our voteing systems and political systems evolved from the roman empire. Also Roman battle tactics have been re developed for use in modern day warfare.

The relation of the roman empire being like clay is because of how it evolved. The roman empire did not evolve into a greater power and more bigger structure. But instead it was used and remolded into a different shape. The Democracy of the U.S., the battle tactics of Asia and the middle east. The philosophical views from the romans that have been spread out into millions of places in modern society, such as the Meditations and Aristotle.  It multiplied into different parts and subjects all to be re-used and shaped into creating the culture and structures of many country's to follow the roman empire.

The roman empire did not fall. What had happened was that the other country's became stronger to match the wit and greatness of the roman empire, not because they themselves became better on their own, but because they were learning from the romans. Which made the roman empire not fall and collapse but become more common. Although it did collapse and fall sometimes. Such as when Nero "watched it burn to the ground". But when he did that what he planned to do was to start over. To create a new society for the greatness and benefit of the roman empire.