The Fall Of The Roman Empire

The end of the Roman republic was and very interesting point in time. This shows a period where there was neither any political or government stability throughout the civilization. From reading The book “ The Fall of The Roman Empire”, three reasons jumped out at me or the collapsing of this civilization. They were abuse of power , political corruption, and heavy military spending. The heavily military spending came from the Roman Empire capturing and invading other civilizations. In order for the Roman Empire to invade and conquer civilizations they would have to spend money to make sure that their soldiers are taken care of and that they are able to complete the task at hand. Most likely all of the soldiers in the roman army was not roman which means they had to recruit and deploy from rome of other lands of defenders and invaders. The romans expected the militia to protect their land and the land they have overpowered or captured. This requires a multitude of supplies and manufacturing of weaponry. The soldiers also had to have a place to sleep , they had to eat , and be supplied materials that can aid them when they were wounded or hurt. All of this spending on the military will lead to inflation of a civilization as it did the roman empire. Now the government will try to find a solution to this problem by raising taxes and making all types of laws that enables the citizens of rome to help sponsor the military. This will lead to riots and

Rome was a great nation of conquerors, vast wealth and riches which stretched most of Europe, parts of North Africa, and areas of Asia. Its army is arguably the longest surviving and most effective fighting force in military history. Every empire has to terminate and Rome disassembled rather swiftly. The fall of the empire is mentioned in virtually every type of informative media including books and television networks. The fall of the Western Roman Empire was caused by the lack of monetary funds, the formation and following of a new religion, and an increasingly forlorn and debilitated army.

Another factor that had contributed to decline and fall of the Roman Empire was that during the last 400 years of the empire, the scientific achievements of the Romans were limited almost entirely to engineering and the organization of public services. They built marvelous roads, bridges, and aqueducts. They established the first system of medicine for the benefit of the poor. But since the Romans relied so much on human and animal labor, they failed to invent many new machines or find new technology to produce goods more efficiently. They could not provide enough goods for their growing population. They were no longer conquering other civilizations and adapting their technology, they were actually losing territory they could not longer maintain with their legions

The rise of the Roman Empire started around 44 BCE with the murder of Julius Cesar, who was recently appointed as a permanent dictator. Next, the defeat of Mark Antony and his death at the Battle of Actium in 31 BCE followed by the granting of power to Octavias, later named Augustus, by senatorial decree in 27 BCE, led to the fall of the Republic of Rome, establishing its status as an empire. The fall of the Roman Empire took much longer than a day. In fact, the Roman Empire lasted from 30 BCE to 476 CE, over five centuries, far from the familiar adage of Rome falling in a day. Key events that led to Rome’s fall were Constantine converting to Christianity, taking power and focus away from material ends, the deposition of Romulus Augustulus, and invasions by Visigoths and Vandals. Further, the persecution of Christians by Marcus Aurelius and his brutal reign led to uprisings that undermined the power of Rome's rulers and contributed to Rome's 500-year decline.

The fall of the Western Roman Empire in the late fifth century plunged Europe into a long period of darkness and barbarism. This era until the dawn of the ‘age of discovery’ in the sixteenth century was later termed to be the ‘Middle Ages’. While this epoch of European history is labeled as ‘middle’ or even ‘dark’, it was during this time that many social, political and cultural developments took place. The obliteration of the great Roman Empire left Europe prey for disunity and continuous foreign invasion and migration. From Scotland to the alps of Sicily a prayer emerged in the ninth century, “Save us, O God, from the violence of the Northmen”. Now known as Vikings, these northmen were pagan Germanic people from Norway, Sweden and Denmark that often went on raids and harassed isolated monasteries and villages throughout the continent. Similarly peoples known as Magyars from central Europe looted settlements took captives and forced leaders to pay tribute to prevent further attacks. Muslims from North Africa already ruled most of Spain and continued northward towards central Italy and southern France. The expansion of Islam continued on into the tenth and eleven centuries during the times of the Fatimid Caliphate and the Seljuk Turks. The centuries before the first crusade were one of terror and chaos from a European or Christian perspective. People were frightened that their world was slowly coming to an end, overrun by pagans and Muslims. This fear combined with

Other reasons believed to have caused the Roman Empire to decline and fall are climate change, population decline, too much poisoning of the upper class population in the empire. Despite there being many overlapping reasons for the fall of the empire, according to me among the major reasons that led to the fall of the Roman Empire include the following,

Rome, once a city-state with conquests on Asia-Minor, Afria, Corsica, Spain, and Sarinina had become a ruling empire in the Mediterranean by 150BCE (Ridley, The Fall of the Roman Republic 2016). This dominant empire remained on power for many centuries and came to an end in a few mere decades. By the turn of the 5th century, the western empire, functionality of this empire had ceased to work while its eastern counterpart continued for almost another thousand years. This collapse affected trade network and communication routes. Scholars have several conclusions on the cause of this failure, but only a few prevail to be a main cause of this demise.

The Roman Empire is considered one of the most successful civilizations in the history of the world for many reasons, and because of the large number, the fall of the empire becomes much more interesting. The dominance of Rome at its time wasn 't by accident. Various reasons for its success, such as the army, the daily life and the Pax Romana, left a blueprint for how to rule the world. These reasons leave many learners questioning how it could possibly cease to rule for longer than it did. Conspiracy ideas, including lead poisoning from water pipes causing leaders to act crazy, highlight many reasons, but more realistic ideas, such as the overspending on the military, exist also.

After the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 C.E., centralized government in Western Europe began to collapse. As a result, central authority was unable to perform its duties and rule over the land. The people frantically looked for a political system to protect themselves, some form of security, especially after the split of Charlemagne’s empire and the invaders that threatened Europe from all directions. The result was the rise of feudalism, a system established on “oaths of loyalty” between lords, vassals and serfs. In short, feudalism became a “social hierarchy, a political system, and an economic system” for Europe after the loss of centralized government.

Emperor reforms, outside invasions and financial weakness ultimately caused the decline of the Roman Empire in the West, because each of these events chipped away at the center and the longevity of the Roman Empire from 180 AD to the early fifth century.

When starting my research I wanted to look into what influences I found important in the fall of Rome. After reading the fall of the Roman Empire by Peter Heather I found the relationship between the Britain and Roman Empire filled with several issues that started the fall of Rome in my opinion. I had difficulty in the beginning of my research exploring what dealings in ancient Rome I found problematic for leadership in Britain and culture change that evidence directly affects the fall of Roman control in Britain. After reading many sources from academic journals two books from the library the question kept popping up what process led to the outcome of the fall of Rome in Britain. At first to answer these questions I had to find evidence relating to the connection between roams fall and Britain 's essential reason in helping speed up the process. But for my first research paper on this topic I had problems when approaching the essential question and finding support to my thesis.

Feudalism was a system developed in Medieval Europe, which structured European society. This system emerged after the fall of the Roman Empire. People needed protection and the feudal system was a way of protecting people in exchange for their services. Feudalism was developed around the 8th to 12th centuries, and it was based on premises between the two people. Feudalism was a way of survival where people exchange their services for land or protection of the lords. There was no money involved in the feudal society but rather homage, which was the acknowledgement of feudal alliance between to people.

This investigation attempts to answer the question how did the reforms of Augusts, the first Emperor of Rome, result in the Pax Romana? Augustus reigned from 27 BCE to 14 CE after his great-uncle, Julius Caesar, was murdered. The Pax Romana was a time of Roman peace after many civil wars which had occurred after Julius Caesar’s death due to the fact that Senates wanted to attain the power of the throne. But the Pax Romana lasted from 27 BCE to 180 CE with the death of emperor Marcus Aurelius. The place investigated will be the Roman Empire during this time and will be accomplish by using online databases and informational books such as World History: The Rise and Decline of the Roman Empire and World History: The Roman Empire.

I think the main reason for the decline and fall of Rome empire were due to the poor leadership of the emperors and the corrupted government. Okay, I'm not blaming only the emperors, but the people as well, not all people though. I mean the emperors could've done much better than that, so do some people. The emperors should have pay more attention to their people and needs. For example, they could've stop slavery, open up schools, set up some kind of system to connect with their people, and etc. Especially keeps an eye on those greedy and dishonest official, who causes the government to be corrupted, which in turn kept the smart and talented people away from the the government. Maybe the emperors could have just set up a new system of selecting

In the book The Fall of the Roman Empire the author Peter Heather talks about the ways the Roman empire conquered the many territories surrounding them and how strong of an empire the Roman empire was. He also talks about the build up all the events that causes the empire to fall. Peter also talks about the people that helped or was involved with the build up or the collapse of the Roman empire. Peter Heather mainly wrote this book to speak of how the European barbarians that got turned into enemies through imperialism and that these Barbarians were capable of tearing apart an empire that ruled over them for many of years.Peter also, mentions all the battles and build ups that occurred throughout the Barbarians “reign” of power and speaks mainly of the battles that they went through. Peters argument is that the empire did not collapse because of social or moral collapse but he believes that the empire fell because of the Barbarians.