The Transition from Era to Era The Culture Epoch Theory is an “idea” that periods go from Chaos, to Adjustment, to Balance (Sayre). This theory is relevant to the time period of The Fall of Rome, the transition of the Romanesque, the balance of the Goth era, and then back to chaos during the Black Plague. The fall of the Roman Empire brought about a time of confusion, havoc, and much more. In 476 C.E. Romulus, the last Emperor was overthrown by Odoacer who would be the first Barbarian to have the reign of Rome (“The Fall of the Roman Empire”). This would begin the chaos that was mentioned earlier. The Romanesque era is a time of great change, art, and architecture. Architecture and art that was widely known and is still utilized today, the …show more content…
Chaos is the first step in moving to a new Era, inconsistences are brought to light, the way that things have been done, beliefs, morals, are all removed and focus on getting something new. Adjustment, brings about innovative thinkers who bring about solutions to the current chaos and how to remove themselves from that situation. Finally, Balance is when the order is brought back into the community and security comes from the idea that things have been restored, or renewed (Culture-Epoch …show more content…
Well, when the Roman Empire fell, chaos is what it brought upon the people. So, what made the Empire fall? Constantine the Great, an Emperor of Rome in 313 C.E., declared Christianity the official state religion. A sculpture of Constantine the Great shows the detail and work that the Romans took into consideration during their artwork (“The fall of the Roman Empire”). The Pantheon is an example of their great architecture. It is the most influential building in Rome, where it was dedicated to all the gods of the pagan Rome (Cartwright). An example of their prestige literature is the epic poetry of Vergil (Sayre). The Roman state had cut off its nose in spite of its face at this point, because, religiously they had considered their Emperor a God, whereas, with Christianity you worship God, and God was not their Emperor. This action would be extremely detrimental to the Empire, and as if that wasn’t enough, Constantine would split the Empire into two halves in 330 C.E. The western half would speak Latin and practice the Catholic Religion. The eastern half would speak Greek and practice the Christian Religion. The entire Empire would fall by 476 C.E. when Romulus was defeated by Odoacer, and all order was abolished (Sayre). These actions bring great chaos to their
One important reason rome fell was because of natural disasters. Evidence that this was a problem was according to document F is stated that “ The roman world was shaken by a violent earthquake…. The shores of the Mediterranean were left dry but the sudden retreat of the sea… but the tide soon returned with the weight of an immunace which was severely felt on the coast of Sicily, Greece, and Egypt. More than fifty thousand people had lost their lives due to the flood.” This problem helps explain why the roman empire fell because the roman empire was trying to
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.
There are many reasons for what happened to the Roman empire from economic problems and corruption, disasters and disease, foreign invasions, military weakness, and weak leadership. Out of all of those ideas, weak leadership might have caused many of the problems to happen. Weak leadership might have caused everything because leaders that do poorly in their job causes bad military, in control of the empire, and many assassinations of leaders making citizens feel unsafe according to document A (Roman Emperors, 235-285 C.E.). The government of Rome is not fair, has no justice, and has been becoming a dictatorship which they want everything. All of these political problems change Rome from a republic to a dictatorship.
An additional cause for the fall of the Roman Empire was the constant change in emperors. The document says, “For the next forty-nine years , the Roman imperials throne was occupied by anyone military strength to seize it -- a total of twenty-two emperors.”(Doc 1, 3-5). In short this means that they would let anyone with military experience came to power. The effect of the decision is that the majority of the emperors either died in battle or was assassinated . The Empire didn’t have a stable leader which is why the Empire fell. They needed a leader that would stay in power for a long time to keep the Empire from breaking into chaos. This compares to the Han Dynasty because they also didn’t have stable emperors which caused the society
The Decline That Leads Into the Fall of Rome The Roman Empire was a beautiful, magnificent, and powerful empire. That is, until the 5th century when things went downhill. Around 700 B.C.E., Rome was founded on the banks of the Tiber River. Initially, Rome was led by a king but the government soon shifted to a republic where citizens elected officials and had a right to vote.
Although many historians and professors attribute the fall of the Roman Empire to excess and corruption, the role of shifting spheres of power, trade created a situation that made the fall of such a large cumbersome empire inevitable, the military played a role for not obeying protocol as well and an excess of things were happening in the government that also led to the fall of the Roman Empire. Each mistake made by the Romans contributed to their fall of their empire since after time of accumulation of their mistakes, it becomes a tremendous problem. Though the Roman Empire still did have their climax in history before everything came crashing down.
The Roman Republic began in 509 B.C.E. with the overthrow of the Etruscan monarchy. In 27 B.C.E the Roman Empire began with Octavian Caesar becoming the emperor, this ended almost 500 years of republican self-government. There is much debate over why Rome became so powerful so quickly. Many think it had to do with Rome’s military strength. Others think that it was because Rome knew of and controlled most of the trade routes. Still others believed it had to do with the technology that was advanced during the Roman Republic. All of these factors played significant roles, but which one played the most important role?
The seemingly unstoppable Roman empire was certain to fall in a matter of time. Even though Rome was majorly affected by external attacks, I feel like the fall was because of the internal decline. The economy and social issues were the key factors that led to the descent of the large empire. A vast amount of their problems came from within the city. Every decision that Rome made had an extensive effect on the city itself and the rest of the world. Many foolish decisions made by terrible emperors weakened the city and eventually cause the many aspects of Roman life to crumble.
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.
The fall of the Roman Empire is one of the most important and world-shaping events in history, but it provides more than just an interesting study of the past, it also holds many important lessons for Americans and the western world today.
Although it was believed that the Roman Empire would never come to an end, inevitably it fell. The Roman Empire is an extremely historic empire that left a massive legacy behind. It collapsed during the fifth century. The empire was having serious military struggles. They received threats from other European tribes along with diminished military funding. A military who does not have proper funding will slowly fall apart. Other than the military, the Roman Empire had a few key social and cultural problems that helped with the fall of the empire in the west. The fall of the Roman Empire in the west occurred due to a rise in Christianity, contrast between rich and poor, and a decline in population.
Roman empire fell under the influence of plague, barbarians, and natural disasters. The last roman emperor was overthrown by barbarians. No soldiers were left to defend because they would’ve been killed by plague or to lazy to fight back. Natural disasters destroyed the farmland causing the romans to starve or even die. These are the causes of the fall of rome.
A second reason Rome fell was because of the natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis. For example, according to The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman empire, “. . . the Roman world was shaken by a violent and destructive earthquake . . .” (Doc. F)This illustrates that the earthquake that hit Rome destroyed just about all of their culture. This also illustrates that many people died and were injured. This is important because Rome was already falling, so the earthquake hitting made it even easier for the Roman empire to fall. This is also important because many Romans lost their houses so they had to move to find somewhere new to live and support their families, which made their population smaller. With the cities’ populations smaller it made less
The Roman Empire was a glorious civilization that lasted for a long period of time, and was two million square miles in size. It is mostly known because of how big and strong it was, but the Roman Empire could have held that title for a longer period of time. There were several entities that can be held responsible for the fall of Rome, such as Emperor Diocletian, the government and ethnic groups that were new to the empire. Unfortunately the extremely famous, big and strong empire started to fall gradually between 190 A.D. 410 A.D. due to three causes. The causes for the fall of the Roman Empire were the empire’s sheer size, racial weakening, and splitting of the empire into two.
The Roman Empire was a vast territory that expanded to three different continents.They were a place of honor, tradition, and respect. Rome has had several different periods, some of peace, and some of violence or unrest, but those were solved quickly and effectively. However, such a magnificent empire could not hold up under the strains that were slowly causing it to collapse. Rome began to face many problems that together allowed the fall of the Roman Empire. The three main problems that caused Rome to fall were invasions by barbarians, an unstable government, and pure laziness and negligence.