considered one of the greatest empires in history, but eventually the empire meets its end. Although there were many factors contributing to its downfall, there were four major reasons for the fall of the western roman empire. They were political issues, economic problems, dangerous diseases and attacks from foreign invaders. Political reasons for the fall of the Western Roman Empire Several of the emperors were unfit to rule. They were greedy, cruel, and did not improve the empire in any way. Emperors
The Western Roman Empire had its light for ____ years, and grew to be the greatest empire of the time. but four major factors contributed to its great downfall. Political issues caused uncivilized actions, economic problems created famine, deadly diseases plagued thousands, and to end it all foreign invaders burned Rome down. Political problems were one of the contributing reasons for the fall of the Western Roman Empire. Over 30 emperors ruled in a small period of 100 years. Most were unfit, greedy
The Western Roman Empire was one of the greatest Empires of the world. With all of the advances made by them, no one thought, especially them, that their empire would fall. There were many factors to the fall but, the four main factors were horrendous politics, a bad economy, deadly diseases and foreign invaders. In the Western Roman Empire politics was the first contributing factor the fall of it. One of the many reasons is because of their unfit emperors. They had many. The ones who were unfit
Many factors led to the transition from a republic to an empire, no one event or person is to blame. For one the Roman Republic constitution was never really laid out for conquest with wealthy oversea territories so the addition of more provinces caused the delicate balance within the political constitution the begin to collapse. The Romans had a fatal flaw: they were great in warfare changes but when it came to political changes, they were pretty hard-headed. Their refusal to adapt to political
The Fall of the Western Roman Empire The Western Roman Empire was a great empire. But like every empire, it had to fall sometime. It all started with political issues, then enconomic, then diseases, and finally foreign invaders. The drama goes way deeper than that though. Problems starting with the government began the fall of the Western Roman Empire . The Most faulty subject of the fall were the people that were leading it. Most of these men were brutal , selfish, and unfit for ruling. Most of
The Roman Empire was or could be one of the greatest empires to have ever existed to this day. Just like many empires the Roman Empire fell to betrayal, religion, and war. Lasting from 27BC to 1453 the Roman Empire to me is the most interesting empire to talk about. When you take any history class that explores times outside the US, you hear about the Roman Empire being involved some way or somehow. The Roman Empire history can go on for days. I will pack most of the history into a small 5 page essay
Identification and Evaluation of Sources The research question for this paper is as follows: To what extent were Attila the Hun’s military tactics effective? The importance of this question stems from the fact that Attila the Hun is one of the greatest military leaders of all time and his military tactics helped to contribute to the fall of the Roman Empire. The Hun’s military practices, important battles between the Huns and other militaries and their outcomes, and Attila’ s importance to their
fall of the Western Roman Empire as it related to theatre but I was intrigued to learn more. It didn’t seem sensible that the fall of the Western Empire would be placed, even a little, on the rise of Christianity during that time. It didn’t seem sensible for two reasons. The first reason is that Jesus Christ, in whom the Christians believed, had been born, lived, and crucified over 400 years before the Empire fell. His lifetime spanned only until the second emperor of the Roman Empire, before Rome’s
Ancient Rome Ancient Rome was a very powerful force that definitely showed their military skills in time of war. The Romans were very religious people, believing in many gods and goddesses. This research paper will cover just some of the achievements and history of the Ancient Roman Empire. The story of Rome say that it was founded in 753 B.C.E. Two brothers, Romulus and Remus, decided that whoever won a fight between themselves would be declared king of the land which Rome would later lie
CHHI-301-D10 LUO FALL2013 PAPER 2 The Rise of the Papacy INTRO In the void left by the collapse of the Roman Empire, the bishop of Rome grew even more in both power and prestige beginning in the sixth century and continuing to the reformation in the ninth century. It is the aim of this paper to explain how and why the papacy in Rome became the center of power of the medieval world, the factors contributing to this dominance over Western Europe, and the positive and negative ramifications