A Land Without Division: The Fall Of Rome

Rome was devastated by the floods and earthquakes that hit them.”The Roman world was shaken by a violent and destructive earthquake … But the tide soon returned with the weight of an immense flood”(Doc F). Due to the flood and earthquake many people had lost their live due to the disaster. For example” Fifty thousand persons lost their lives in the flood”(Doc F). This shows that the roman population decreased dramatically cause them to lose man power in there army. Lastly, great plagues swept through Rome, causing them to go from a population of one million to 250,000(Doc F). This shows that Rome was not prepared nor ready to handle the immense casualties the took. Due to the decrease in population cause many problems. For example, “Recruitment of troops became more difficult … They need to pay troops added to the demands on the state's budget, just as declining production cut into tax revenues”(Doc F) This proves Rome had to make split second decisions therefore leaving them with their guard down and making them a target to enemies.

The rise and fall of one of the greatest empires known to man, the Roman republic, were caused by several key factors. Three of which were the decline of monarchy within the empire, foreign conquests and expansion of the growing empire, and political battles between powerful officials.

(Doc B) One of the primary reasons that Rome fell was that they had a poor government. First of all,Rome may have had good rules,but they did not enforce them,for example too many people were exempt from constriction. This was a problem because they didn't have enough people in the army and their wasn't as much fairness for everyone. Also Rome failed to enforce their laws. According to priscus,wealthy lawbreakers in Rome were able to get away with crimes. This was a problem because to many people got exempt for conscription, and the wealthy got away with crimes. Overall,Rome had a lot of inside reason to its fall or destruction.

One reason why Rome fell was because of weak political leadership. For instance Document A it shows that in a 50 year span (235-285 C.E.) they had 22 emperors. This show that they had weak leadership because they only lasted from a couple of months to 2-3 years. Also page 54 chapter 2 paragraph 4 it says “Politicians became more interested in financial gain than in public service. As a result, many citizens lost their sense of pride in the government.” This shows that weak leadership contributed to the fall

First, the most prominent men in Rome were corrupted by greed, jealousy and ambition. Prominent persons brought the state to chaos, disorder, and tyranny in their quest for ultimate prestige and power. Through their moral failures and political dishonesty, this brought about republics violent and chaotic demise. Second, candidates to office had become accustomed to using dishonest methods to achieve their aims. Offices, positions and power were openly being bought and sold with bribery and electrol violence rife in the system. One of the biggest contributing factors to the collapse of the roman republic was corruption in the government. Rome increasingly put power into the hands of a select, wealthy few. Only the rich could become magistrates, and the votes of the wealthy citizens had more weight than the votes of the common people. The tax collectors were also corrupt, extorting money from the people and keeping it for themselves, depriving the government of badly needed funds. This led to bankruptcy due to the cost of defending the empire, the failing economies and high inflation. An unequal class system created enmity between rich and poor, and even between factions of the poor. Unscrupulous leaders turned the people against each other dueling political agendas. Social, economic and political instability created a Rome where citizens hungered for leadership. Third,

Rome was one of the greatest empires to ever exist. It was the envy of the world. At its peak, it stretched from Western Europe to North Africa, throughout the Mediterranean area into Western Asia. They had many great inventions that were innovated and are still used today. But the factors that caused the fall of this great empire were pretty few and could have been avoided.

The Roman Empire was known for being the most powerful nation in the world for over 2,000 years. Otherwise known as the eternal city, Rome quickly became the largest empire after being a city-state. However, for several reasons and over a long period of time, the empire began a period of decline. At the end of this period was obviously the fall of the Roman Empire. There are many aspects that contributed to the failure of the Empire, and different people argue that different reasons were most important to the collapse of this superpower. Social, economical, and political reasons are held responsible for the crash of the empire. The real cause of the crash was due to military over spending, inflation, and unemployment throughout the

As Rome was facing attacks from the outside there was an even deeper problem happening from within and it was their economy. Rome’s constant war and overspending in building its empire was becoming costly. As their treasury depleted they decided to impose hard taxation to account for the new expense they were generating. Which actually caused many people who were apart of the upper class to move to the countryside to avoid the oppressive taxes(Andrews) . Another economic problem is that inflation began to occur. Marcus Aurelius increased the copper content of the silver coins and then after that there was even more severe inflation on it way(Starr 144-145). A third problem with the economy, also politically, was that there was an ever growing expansion of bureaucracy. The expansion of their government caused more and more officials to have to be paid. Not to mentions cities already were having a hard

The fall of Rome was not caused by one thing in particular. If we would learn from the past we could avoid many of the problems we have today. The family unit was very important to Rome but with time it began to weaken because of changes in the Roman’s way of life. There are always poor people and after they suffer enough they get mad about it and try to do something about it. Things were bad enough for the poor but when Rome started conquering other countries and bringing back slaves to do a lot of the work it got even worse for the poor people in Rome. Then, with time, the slaves got unhappy and a big revolt weakened a big part of Rome. Then, there were other countries invading Rome and in their weakened state the Barbarians were instrumental

The Roman empire is known as a symbol of great power and wealth, but it was divided in 476 A.D.. The empire spanned from three continents and covered for forty countries, even from Northern England to Syria. The Romans had so much land, but not enough soldiers or people to use it or enforce the laws, making the Senate almost powerless in farout areas in Rome. With the shortage of soldiers and slaves there was no-one to protect the borders which led in many hostile tribes and native inhabitants in. Many Germanic tribes came from the north, with both of these forces the attacks were becoming unrelenting for the Empire. The senate ordered goods and decreased the value of the Roman currency even more, resulting in inflation. The Roman Empire already had a slowly decreasing economy and couldn’t handle the growing of infrastructure and the high military demands. According to Josh Brunsdon, “ The Empire grew too large and horribly fast, which led to emperors and the senate unable to fashion any type of control or address problems quickly enough.”. The over expansion of borders in the Roman Empire was a big contribution to other problems like inflation, taxation, and corruption of the

Legions became greedy and wanted more money. If the senate did not give them the money they threatened to not protect Rome. Meanwhile between taxes the citizens wanted more and more imports. The imports unfortunately were also taxed so it was more money to purchase and have the item. When the items were shipped some of the ships they were on were hijacked by pirates. Therefore a merchant trying to get a type of cloth from a country might have their material stolen, will lose money and customers. This meant losing money. Rome couldn’t replace the money because they had not yet taken over new land. Conquering new land meant that they could steal objects, citizens to sell for slaves, and their money. If Rome couldn’t conquer land, then they made their own money. But as more money was needed to make them the material dropped. Therefore less coins were produced. Citizens then started bartering. They traded one object for another object instead of trading money. This unfortunately aloud less money flow in Rome. What else was unfortunate was a large drought in Rome. This meant that farmers lost their crops, money and land. They moved into the city to leave the problems behind. Unfortunately this lead to yet another deadly case.

To this day, Rome is thought to be one of the most intelligent empires of all time. However, Rome had its share of problems. Some of the problems were so serious, they led to Rome’s fall. One of those problems were political issues. Another problem was lack of sanitation and how that led to diseases. Finally, the economy collapsed due to greed. All of these issues contributed to the Fall of the Roman Empire. Yet, if Rome had good leaders who actually made good decisions many of their problems could have been solved.

Rome was, and still is, the most powerful empire/state that has ever existed in the history of mankind, spanning for over a thousand years; however, what was most impressive about the Roman State was its ability to bounce back from devastating losses and problems within its government. When a state lasts for over a thousand years, its government will transform over time, taking many shapes and forms; however, when most civilizations face this transformation upon their government, they eventually collapse. This is what separated the Roman state, since their Republic collapsed between the years of 0 - 100 B.C, (the exact date is debated since many historians believe different points as being the fall of the Roman Republic), but the Roman

The fall of Rome was a very important event in history. Many people claim that Rome fell due to military tactics, for governing or the massive size but the real reason for the fall of Rome was the lack of unity among its people.

the initial development of the Roman Republic, the Etruscans emperors were in control. As time passed, the Romans steered away from the Etruscans. When the Romans toppled the Etruscans, the romans started their own republic style government. Once the Romans established that style of government, it was only the beginning of the fall of the Roman Republic. “Intensifying class conflicts weakened the system and civil warfare between generals vying for personal power finally undermined republican government” (Hutchinson, 2016).