The Roman Empire Was At Its Height. Despite Many Historians

One reason the Roman Empire fell was because cities surrounding Rome invaded. According to Document Six, which is a map of Barbaric Invasions of the Roman Empire Prior to 476, shows that cities such as Goths, Ostrogoths, and Carthage all fled and invaded Rome. Other cities like Adrianople, Visigoths, Vandals, and Huns had all invaded as well . If you think about it, that is about seven cities that invaded Rome and that would be a lot for

The Roman Empire was extremely large and difficult to maintain, which made it very weak. According to Doc: 2, “Borders became difficult to secure and the amount of gold needed to maintain roads and perform routine maintenance was never enough.” According to TCI chapter 13, section 1, “The huge size of the empire made it difficult to defend.” The empire’s size caused it to weaken, leaving it open to attack by the many enemies surrounding it.

Augustus, formerly known as Octavian, was the adopted son of dictator Julius Caesar and Emperor or Rome. Octavian set out to destroy his father’s murderers and assembled his own army in his quest for power and retribution. At the start, he shared rule with Mark Antony, however, their collaboration proved ineffective leading Augustus to pursue more and more control, culminating in the defeat of Antony in the battle of Actium and assuming rule as Emperor of Rome. Augustus did not inherit rule, his pursuit for power comprised of manipulative actions veiled under his generosity, concern for his people and charismatic tone and tenor. Res Gestae Divi Augusti expresses a sense of self adoration and honor in his quest for power and control, yet the subtext portrays a vastly different undertone, that of use of cajoling and propagandizing messages to benefit his position and accumulation of control of the republic. This Res Gestae is Augustus’ mechanism of self-promotion and adoration for his exceptional leadership qualities, concern and respect gleaned from his citizens and senate, and his military savvy to overpower and gain peace for the Romans, thus proclaiming his reign as one of prestige and importance.

The City-state of Rome became a republic in 509 BC. Rome fought numerous battles to become what it was at its height. It all started with the Punic wars. After they won, there was no stopping them. By the first century BC, Rome controlled most of the known world. (Mahoney, 2001)

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.

The Huns slaughtered people in Rome and caused a lot of death. One of the major instances when the city of Rome was invaded happened in the year 410 and was called the “Sack of Rome.” More specifically, the Sack of Rome occurred on August 24, 410. King Alaric was the leader of this invasion and was successful in partially taking over Rome. The Visigoths, a germanic force led by King Alaric, destroyed important cities and left little remaining of the Roman empire.

Between approximately 509 BCE and the third century CE the Roman empire continually expanded and became one of the largest in history. While this expansion was due to many reasons, not the least of which was greed, to a great extent it was made possible because of Rome's overwhelming military and its combination of a democratic and republic government. (Lee) (Ferril)

According to ancient Roman legend, Romulus founded the city of Rome in 753 BC. Around this time a small group

The story of ancient Rome is a tale of how a small community of shepherds in the central Italy grew to become one of the greatest empires in history, and then collapsed. According to Roman legend. Rome was founded in 753 B.C. By 275 B.C., it controlled most of the Italian Peninsula. In the A.D. 100’s, the Roman Empire covered about half of Europe, much of the Middle East, and the northern coast of Africa. The empire then began to crumble, party because it was too big for Rome to govern.

The Vandals had a battle with the Roman Empire, when the Roman Empire broke the Vandals treaty. In "455 AD the Vandals sacked Rome and plundered the city for two weeks" (Ducksters, n.d.). The Huns were warrior people from the east, the Huns defeated the Ostrogoths and invaded the Eastern Roman Empire (Ducksters, n.d.). The Franks were Germanic tribes that settled in today France, they invaded the Roman Empire in 300 AD. The Franks became powerful after the fall of the Western Roman Empire.

Rome, one of the most powerful empire ever in the history, it is the center of the world, but that was before bad things start happening. Rome is extremely powerful and wealthy, the Romans conquered territory from current day Scotland to Spain, and have control the whole Mediterranean . So what were the Primary reasons for the fall of Rome? There was lot of reasons that led to the decline of Rome, but I picked the three most important ones for me, which is a unstable government, foreign invasions and diseases.

One important reason that caused the Roman empire's downfall, was it's massive size. According to document 2, Rome was too vast to take care of itself properly. Most of the problems were with money and the borders were hard to keep safe. These problems were hard to keep under control, so rome

For hundreds of years, the Roman Empire influenced most of the world today by architecture, art, philosophy, engineering, and government. For about 1,000 years, the Empire of Rome was in control of the Mediterranean world. As the empire prospered it was starting to fall apart. Most of the problems occurred from within Rome itself as well as other outside invasions that also led to the fall of the Roman Empire. Most scholars ponder on what exactly led to the decline Rome. The primary reasons for the ¨Fall¨ of Rome were disasters (Doc F), foreign invasions (Doc C/D), and diseases (Doc F).

    Though Rome was a great empire that conquered countless territories, it was not immune to the numerous attacks from barbarians such as the Huns, the Visigoths, the Vandals, and others. The barbarians would raid and sack the capital and other cities in ancient Rome, leaving them without money or tradable items. The Vandals did so much damage to the cities that their name is associated with the crime of extensive damage to property. The Huns were another destructive group of barbarians that were led by Attila. They raided Rome in 451 AD, leaving an immense trail of destruction. Other barbarians attacked Rome at different times, each leaving Rome weaker and helpless. Each attack destroyed their economy and left them desperate for a solution. The Ostrogoths finally caused the Western Empire to fall when Odoacer chased Romulus Augustus, the last of the Roman emperors, off the

leader in the Roman Empire. He made Rome what think of it as and what we study today.