Everything has it’s falling point, you do, Rome did, Mohenjo Daro did, as did the fictional society of Unwind, everything falls at some point. The falling of societies is common, every society ever has fallen and has yet to fall. Societies fall due to corrupt government, overuse of resources and citizen revolts. Rome, Mohenjo Daro and Unwind fell due to those reasons. Societies can fall for a number of reasons, such as corrupt leaders or a corrupt government in general. Of all things corrupt government in general is pretty common, just think of Rome, or the fake society of Unwind. In the book Unwind the government was corrupt for a number of reasons, such as the “unwinding” of children (unwinding is pretty much taking a teenager’s guts out, if their parents deem them unworthy to live life, their body parts go to people who need it). “However between the ages of thirteen and eighteen a parent may retroactively “abort” a child… on the condition that the child’s life doesn’t “technically” end.” A war known as the Heartland War was fought and forced them to do this “unwinding”. Because of this “unwinding” it led to revolts and in the end the society fell. The government of ancient Rome was completely corrupt once the dictatorship came to power. Because of Julius Caesar this happened, he was a good leader but he led a long line of terrible dictators. “The frightened Senate named Caesar dictator for life.” Eventually Caesar was killed but there were plenty dictators that
Rome also had bad government leadership. 2. In the fall of Rome, military mistakes led to soldiers
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 took over after the Greeks fell and it thrived over the years. But when the Pax Romana came along, the empire was developing a “soft belly” which was becuase of the upper class becoming lazy and losing their edge. At this point is where they fall. The reasons for the great empire fell because of their government, military, and the natural disaster problems.
Imagine a world where there were no problems, and everyone is happy. Few societies have not even been close to being this perfect. Great societies fail due to weak security systems, poverty, and inequality. The failed societies of Ancient Rome, Africa, and the dystopian novel Divergent by Veronica Roth, are all examples of great societies failing because of these three reasons.
How can a civilization that has been so powerful for a thousand years suddenly decline? This civilization was Rome. Rome was a Republic for five hundred years, and a Empire for five hundred years. During this time Rome did amazing achievements that we still use to this day. The Romans made buildings out of concrete, Olympics, drama plays, an arch , an a collision which we call a studium, their Empire expanded as far east as India.
Have you ever been involved in a situation where everything is going good and then everything slowly starts to crumble around you? If you answered yes, think of Rome. Rome, the capital of Italy, was once a powerful empire but one thing led to another and things started changing drastically and not for the better. Rome fell because of foreign invasion, plagues/natural disasters, and their rulers kept dying. Rome fell because of foreign invasion.
Over time Rome’s leaders have become less dependent on the opinions of the senate. This lead to multiple assassinations because the leaders made poor decisions that were hard to reverse. As for the people of the Roman empire, they
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.
One reason Rome fell was the economic problems and corruption. First of all, since the military was so weak, the leaders kept dying. Mostly of assassination. For example, in the chart in document A, 13 emperors were assassinated. Also a lot of the time the leaders would have bribed the military to stay loyal. The leaders, the people chose, had enemies. The enemies would assassinate them, and take their place. The leaders also made horrible decisions. The empire got weaker and weaker every leader. Everything kept changing. Since most of the leaders didn’t agree with what the other leader previously made legal. The laws were all over the place.
Have you heard of how Rome fell, well there are many different reasons for their demise? Rome struggled to keep its emperors alive, they went through 22 emperors in 50 years, they also had foreign invasions that barely left them time to recover from other attacks. Rome fell because they treated their people badly, disasters and disease, and because they had untrained troops.
As Ronald Reagan brilliantly said, “Government is not the solution to our problem, Government is the problem.” This proves that since everything/everyone relies on the government, if it malfunctions or becomes corrupt, bad things will happen. Before collapsing, Rome was a republic. It thrived and was the USA of their time. This period of peace and prosperity was known as the Pax Romana. Rome quickly changed from a republic to an immense empire. Unfortunately, this change ended the Pax Romana, and the government became similar to the one of a dictatorship. After being sacked multiple times by foreign invasions, eventually, Rome fell. This awful event was because of military problems, foreign invasions, and political corruption. These were the
First one of Rome’s most major flaws was the weak political leadership. Weak political leadership was the main reason for the fall of Rome because in Doc. A compiled by various sources showed how many emperors there were from 235-285 CE. Which leads to weak political power because there were constantly new emperors every year or two. Most of them died by assassination. Another reason was the emperors spent all their money on parties and festivals. Also, they bribed their soldiers to stay loyal but when they didn't have enough money they had to
purpose: Highlights the collapse of several historical societies and the factors that caused their collapse.
Subsequently, the system was corrupted because weak or vulnerable individuals were associating with men in power; in exchange of support, and loyalty, for the sake of protection, which broke the Democracy. Socrates said, “Democracy elevates men to positions of authority not because of their wisdom or their fitness to govern, but because of their ability to sway the masses with empty rhetoric. In Democracy, it is not truth that matters; it is public relations.” That is exactly what it was happening in the Roman Republic.
Tainter main argument is that the collapse of societies stemmed from the failure of problem-solving institutions. That once these issues arose in the empires, the ruling factions were unable to provide solutions or relief that would provide stability and support the citizens. Furthermore, the societies collapsed they couldn’t adapt the