The huge gaps between the rich and the poor are both really different. In America the rich people can buy anything they want that they can afford. And the poor people can’t really afford things and can sometimes be out on the streets. In Ancient Rome, the rich people are free and can do whatever they want and can’t get whatever they wanted. The poor people on the other hand , they were put into slavery and they had to work on building things like the Coliseum, and the Pantheon. The government is also different because America is a Democracy and Ancient Rome was a Monarchy. Also the way we get our water is way different. In America, they use water pipes and filters and in Ancient Rome, they used aqueducts, lead water pipes, and clay