great deal of Western culture today can be traced back to the ancient Mediterran

great deal of Western culture today can be traced back to the ancient Mediterranean societies. Use  textbook, our module lectures, and the posted primary source documents to answer the following questions. Also, cite ALL direct quotes, indirect quotes, and arguments in your writings. Reminder: Do not include the questions in your post or use none assigned materials.
Paragraph 1: Some consider the Romans to be the greatest and strongest ancient civilization in history. In what ways did army play in their success? 
Paragraph 2: During the Roman Empire period the Romans were faced with a variety of challenges related to their great size. With this in mind, select just one of the following Exam 2 terms (Valerian, foederati, Constantine, Perpetua, Tetrarchy, Romanization) and write an in-depth paragraph explaining to the class how the term symbolizes Roman decline.  
Only cite 
-Textbook – Sivers, Von, Patterns of World History. Volume 1. 3rd edition, 2017. Oxford University Press.
Module 7 textbook readings: Chapters 6, and 7.
-From The Acts of the Christian Martyrs texts and translation by Herbert Musurillo (c) Oxford University Press, 1972
-attached files