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Fall Of The Roman Empire
For over five hundred years the Roman Empire was a colossal force, at its largest it contained a quarter of the world’s population. The immensity of the territory of Rome required that power be delegated amongst many bureaucrats and politicians. The requirements of the Roman army to secure such a large territory helped to spread thin the Roman governments resources. Between the internal uprisings and the external attacks from Germanic tribes, the Roman army could barely maintain control. The fall of The Roman Empire was precipitated by a decline in resources, outside attacks by Germanic tribes as well was internal uprisings, and the religious conflict that was expressed between Christians and the Roman government and the internal conflict a Roman citizen would have faced in an attempt to be a good Christian and a good Roman.
From 100 to 500 BCE, the Roman empire was being attacked from all directions, by many different Germanic tribes. With an almost constant bombardment from outside chromatic forces …show more content…

This allowed the Roman soldiers the ability to settle in one place and start families. The problem was that this created was that in times of war, when a soldier’s legion was called upon to assemble and leave to fight in some far-flung land, they would be reluctant to leave their land and family and might refuse to do so. The Roman army already had to contend with the issue that the majority of its ranks were made up of non-Roman born men. These men still held allegiances to their homelands. The Romans were almost too successful in their conquests and commerce. By the fifth century, the Roman center had become accustomed to excess in every vice with no true concern of outside attack or a struggle to survive. The population of Rome at its core became bloated and lazy and more concerned with indulging in pleasures than advancing or maintaining their

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