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 first factor that lead to their demise was the decline in population. It reached a stunning low of 6000 around the 500’s C.E. The suspected reason was that people’s rich and luxurious lifestyles and their “concomitant disinterest in producing and raising children”, along with plagues and military commitment and warfare. Another cause was that due to the vast expansion …show more content…
From 235 CE to 285 CE, there were 19 emperors, of which 63%, or 12, were assassinated. The longest reigning emperor was Valerian,who ruled for 7 year and then was killed in battle. This shows that the common folk was not pleased with the ruling elite, their policies and governance. Speaking of policies, Septimus Severus seized the throne in 193 CE. He and his line devalued the currency in order to increase military and double legionnaires pay, which was in gold. Within a century, the coin had no value at all. By the late third century, the economy was based on barter. When the dynasty ended in 235 CE, a succession struggle was triggered and made trading nearly impossible. This was the lowest point in Roman economic history. To try and control this, various types of governments were formed and failed. Most of these governments raised taxes so high that poor farmers were not able to pay them when officials confiscated crops from them. The poor eventually paid the taxes for the rich. Another internal conflict thought by some to also be a reason for the downfall of Rome is the rise of Christianity. It displaced the the polytheistic Roman religion, which viewed the emperor as having a divine and lofty status, and took attention from glory of state to glory of a single deity. During this transition, Popes and other religious leader started playing an increasingly important role in political affairs, further
While the fall of the Roman Empire is well known, the exact causes of why it fell can be difficult to pinpoint. Many historians believe that Rome 's downfall was due to poor leadership, weakened economics, or perhaps a combination of the two along with other seemingly unrelated factors. However, there is a string of evidence suggesting that there were three main components that took place to bring about the fall of the Roman Empire. These determinant attributes did not happen all at once, and there was a domino effect with each one directly influencing the others. The fall of Rome occurred after a series of preventable events, including unacceptable emperors, the heavy reliance on slaves, and the increasingly uncontrollable borders of Rome.
As you have read, many things attributed to the rise of the Empire. Many things also attributed to its fall as well. These included poor leadership, economic trouble, as well
The great Roman Empire expanded across all of Europe and into the Middle East. Its military was one of the finest. With major trading in Africa and Britain, the economy flourished with brining many citizens a healthy income. With amazing advancements in culture and technology, Roman society was at its finest. During the Pax Romana, the Romans had 200 years of peace and good ruling by level headed dictators and emperors. Despite Rome’s greatness in all of these areas, Rome would eventually fall. Surprisingly all of these qualities that led up to a flourishing empire were the same ones that led to its demise. As Germanic tribes invaded, the military weakened and the government became unstable.
The Roman Empire is known as one of the strongest empires in history, due to their advanced technology, strong military leaders, and republican government. As the empire started to expand, so did their power. However, after years have gone by, the Roman Empire started to fall. Their fall may have been caused by political reason, such as the empire being just too much to handle, Diocletian splitting the territory in half, and their government corruption.
For a long period of time, Rome seemed like an unstoppable empire. It conquered the majority of the land surrounding it, including Greece, Turkey, Iraq, and many of its other neighboring countries. It seemed as though Rome would conquer the entire world, as it was the center of it, until it began to decline in 476 C.E. The very aspects that made it so successful were the ones that caused its collapse. Various political, religious, and economic reasons caused its downfall. The fact that the entire economy of Rome collapsed and money became worthless was a major reason for the empire’s collapse. In addition, the loss of a common religion and lack of efficient ruling in relation to its vast territory affected the empire. The Roman
The Roman Empire was one of the greatest empires around it’s time period. They ruled their region with an overpowering military force. They also had compelling agriculture and religion. Much of their music, clothes, and other agriculture continued on throughout other empires. They shaped the world with their beliefs and ideas and without this empire the world would be very different. There were strong Roman emperors and also horrible emperors who ruined the empire. Caesar and Constantine were among the most popular emperors of Rome. Constantine ruled later in the Empires lifetime while Caesar earlier. The death of Caesar had a huge impact on this empire. Constantine gave the Roman Empire the main religion of Christianity. This questioned the original beliefs of the Romans. They totally changed their culture. Towards the fall of the Roman Empire, the empire was split into two parts. This weakened their strong military force and led to an invasion. Evidently this caused Rome’s fall. The Roman Empires fall was due to the death of Caesar, mass poverty among Rome’s citizens, rise of Christianity, split of empires, and the invasions of the barbarians.
Over the course of several centuries, Rome built one of the largest empires the world have ever known. Rome for a period of time was considered the center of civilization. The empire was beautiful. It was often invaded but well protected by a powerful army. Some people believed the empire would last forever.
Many people know Rome as one of the greatest and powerful cities of history. Rome started out as a little city and slowly started gaining land as time went by. In the beginning of Rome the Greeks were the most powerful and wealthy of the area. Again as time drove by the Romans gained more power and wealth without really meaning to. The fall of Rome occurred because as Rome grew older it started to turn into an Empire with one sole leader, they conquered people who were unwilling, and the economy was starting to crumble.
Rome was a very powerful empire when it started they had conquered many empires at the time this is one of the reasons why we still study them to day. They had made many enemies and were at the top. Until one day they had became weak and lazy this will soon lead to what we call today the “fall”of Rome. First of one of the main problems were the case of foreign invasions.
Rome, one of the most enormous and powerful empires to ever exist also eventually crumbled. There are many beliefs to why this happened, such as the increasingly weak boundaries, lack of assurance on the emperor's, an increasingly horrible economics system, and a backlash on the new origin of Christianity to name a few. What was known as one of the biggest empires known to date also eventually came to it’s unfortunate end.
Shabil Khan Mr. Blount Rome used to be one of the greatest empires in history. Rome had amazing architecture, had a great army, was great in art and literature, and had an incredible government. The things that led to the fall of Rome were internal and external reasons. One of the internal reasons that led to the fall of Rome was the lack of strong military.
The theories surrounding the decline of the Roman Empire is a widely- known historical debate. Endless questions have been proposed and
Rome, one of the largest and longest lasting empire to have controlled what we know to be Western Europe. As extravagant as the empire was, it did not easily and just as the saying goes; “the bigger they are, the harder they fall.” Having lasted a little over 1,100 years with the exchanging of multiple good (and bad) emperors, the era was considered that of Pax Romana (200 years of Roman Peace). The Romans had introduced new laws, combining their own with the Greeks, and setting basis for today’s law practices. These practices, however, also became a large portion of why the Empire had declined. By the ending of Roman rule, he question as to why their empire had declined was in heat. The cause? Legal injustice,
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
I agree with Francis Schaeffer (n.d.) that Rome fell because it had no sufficient inward base. Rome’s expansionism techniques eventually led its decline and fall. They acquired a vast amount of territory by winning many battles, seizing a great portion of the adversary’s land, and according to Rawls