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Decline Of Roman Empire

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During ancient history, many empires were formed one of them was the Roman Empire. Overall, the Roman Empire had a lot of success. They built roads, towns, cities and waterways, this influenced their agriculture and architecture in a great way. Since roads were built, trade was easier. Also, their army was tough and determined, and when their enemies lost in battle Rome allowed them to join the Empire. This allowed the Roman Empire to become bigger and more powerful. Lastly, they had good beliefs, customs and achievements. These were factors that allowed Rome in the beginning to build up a strong empire. In 476 C.E. the Roman Empire started to decline. From the database ProQuest, the article “The Economics of Government and the Fall of Rome” …show more content…

According to the Infobase article “The Decline and Fall of Rome” stated,”Meanwhile a struggle ensued between Christian loyalists, those who sought a compromise with the heathen rulers, and Christian fundamentalists, who sought a compromise with heathen rulers and fundamentalists..’’ In the beginning of the Roman Empire, The Roman religion persecuted all followers of Christianity. The Roman religion disliked Christians customs and beliefs. This ended in 313 C.E. because the first Christian emperor came to throne, his name was Constantinople. He started toleration of Christianity all throughout the empire. Followers of Christianity wanted to build churches so people can gather and worship their religion together. The problem was the Empire didn't have enough money to fund for churches, the army and poverty. The Roman Empire declined because they weren't able to pay for all of these …show more content…

The empire was very divided and was completely different from one another. Overall, it was overpopulated and couldn't take care of everyone. They expanded their borders so much that they couldn’t take care of their territory. Overall, because of overpopulation and expansion the Fall of the Roman empire was inevitable. The Invasions of Barbarian tribes and Huns’ was another reason why people believe the Roman Empire fell. As a result, the military declined. The Huns’ invaded a lot of Europe and caused many problems to the Barbarians. When the Huns’ started chaos in Europe they drove the Barbarians and Goths to the borders of the Roman Empire. Although, they allowed these German groups into the empire they treated them poorly and forced them to make sacrifices that were cruel. This angered both German groups. Rome soon made a dangerous enemy near their empire. The Goths and Barbarians revolted, the Roman Empire was becoming weak and gave up. They moved to the West of the Empire to attack because they were the weaker section. The book Atlas of the Roman World claims,”Imperial disunity and barbarian threats Theosdius 1, who died at Milan in January 395, was the last emperor for over a half a century who by military ability and force of character exerted any sustained personal control over the Roman Empire.” (page 208) This allowed the two groups to occupy their surrounding lands including Britain, Spain,

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