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 * [[file:GOVERNMENT CORUPTION.pptx]]Definition: Political corruption is the use of legislated powers by government officials for illegitimate private gain. Misuse of government power for other purposes, such as repression of political opponents and general police brutality, is not considered political corruption

 > In Rome one of the most difficult problems was choosing a new emperor. The transition could be violent and was completely unorganized. The choice was always open to debate between the old emperor, the Senate, the Praetorian Guard (the emperor's's private army), and the army.
 * **Political Corruption **
 *  The Praetorian Guard gained complete authority to choose the new emperor, who rewarded the guard who then became more influential, perpetuating the cycle. Then in 186 A. D. the army strangled the new emperor, the practice began of selling the throne to the highest bidder. This contributed to the overall weaknesses, decline and fall of the empire.
 * The government of Rome eventually evolved as did the citizens opinion on dictatorship. The Senate became corrupt with many Patricians being easily bribed.
 * To get elected, some people are buying votes. The poor are quite happy to sell their votes to the highest bidder, under this system, many people are elected who are poor governors. Graft and corruption are rampant. How can they ensure good government for Rome?
 * Corruption Definition: Dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery.
 * The Roman Republic was the period of time when Rome operated as a Republic overthrowing the original monarchy, eventually it became an empire. And during these time is became corrupt and contributed to the downfall of Rome.
 * The Roman Republic tried to control government corruption by setting a limit on how much a senate member can receive as a gift. The amount was 100 gold coins

 Good Sites to use:  [], Corruption Today. [] this website is one example of how we still have corruption today. [] America vs. Rome [] Government Corruption in Rome [] - Goes over Government Corruption in Rome...

[] Website that makes sure nothing is corrupt today

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4) Strengthen the Collective Consciousness of a Nation <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> Negative influence can cause any leader to be corrupt, make sure people are aware of this because a ruler may own a buisness or simply just pass laws in favor of things that effect themselves there for a system of bills and going through the 3 branches eliminates corruption today. This would have befitted Rome very much.

5) A lot of Rome was suffering in poverty, slaves were taking their jobs, this meant it was very easy to bribe the poor to be in office, if less people were so easy to bribe than Corruption would not have been nearly as much of a problem. The slaves should be put into the army, plus today we realize that it is wrong to even have slaves, so if they granted the slaves citizenship more tax money would be coming in and the bribes would not sell easily to the poor and corruption would not be as easy to come by.

6) Rome had no way to decide who the next emperor would be, this was a very big problem in how their Government was so corrupt. Today we have a democratic system by vote. If Rome had a system of who would have been emperor next this would have prevented a lot of corruption. This is one of the most complex things to solve however, and the most important.

7) As you see a lot of the other problems leading in the down fall in Rome, led to Government corruption, which means its a big problem, so prevention of the other problems would also help prevent Government Corruption. Prevention is the key to stop Government corruption, today the democratic system is a good form of Government because people vote, today we have a police force. Rome did not have a police force and this was a big problem in corruption. 8) [] An example of corruption today, was sentenced to federal prison. An example of prevention. SOLUTION: Rome always had a corrupt Government, whether it was during the Republic or the Empire. In the Republic people would buy their votes which is more relative to the problems we have today, during the Empire there was simply no way to decide who would be next in office, so they would battle and pay people for it, you would not always get the best leader this way. A big part in the problem of Rome's Corruption was the fact that it was so easy for the poor to except peoples money, they needed it. The slaves were taking peoples jobs for no money, today we don't have slaves so they can not take peoples jobs and contribute to the high unemployment rate, outlaw the slaves, set them free and make them get jobs and pay taxes to earn their citizenship. This will make it less easy for people to bribe the poor. Rome needed to figure out a way to determine the next Emperor, in an orderly way without any battles or corruption, today we vote and have laws that make Corruption illegal. Rome had no laws preventing Government Corruption, according to Rome, it was completely legal. Rome passed a law limiting the bribes to get into office but that did not do anything. Today people get thrown into federal prison if they are a corrupt leader, for example Rod Blagojevich was sentenced to 14 years in prison, he was a former Governor of Illinois. He also had to pay a $20,000 fine in order of his Crimes. Rome needed to punish corrupt leaders if they wanted to prevent it, they had no law that stopped Government Corruption. There was no internet in Rome, or technology, they had no awareness of political corruption nor protection. Today we have websites like Pogo.org, Project on Government Oversight, helps to raise awareness and prevent Corruption, if Rome had something like Pogo, they would be a lot better off. The law will also help the leaders have a positive influence, not only will people know they can't get away with it but they will be trying to rule their best and you will always get a good leader in office to begin with. These are the steps using today's technology and solutions that you could go back in Rome and prevent Government Corruption, and stop a major part in the contribution of the downfall in Rome. My Final Project :