Destruction Of Western Roman Empire

The Western Roman Empire fell due internal and external forces. The demise of the empire was the result of civil unrest, migrating hordes, and a weak economy. Basically, decay from the inside and pressures from the outside caused the empire to collapsed.

First, numerous civil wars were fought during the waning days of the empire. The Crises of the Third Century, for example, transpired as one long series civil wars. The tetrarchy, created by Diocletian to stop civil wars, turned out to be nothing less than a tournament bracket of civil wars after his death. Worst of all the death of the winner of that tournament, Constantine, on the 22 of May 337 AD, triggered a chain of civil wars that lasted 24 years. Later, when a fresh ruling family had been established, splitting the empire in half, the eastern section became weak, leading to usurpers and over powerful generals.
This pressure caused the Romans system of assimilation to be overloaded and for the barbarians to form independent armies under their kings. These independent kings inexorably waging war against the Roman armies. The major defeat of the Emperor Valens at the Battle of Adrianople by the Goths virtually annihilated the Western Roman army. This defeat meant that the eventual peace left the barbarians independent and armed. This development led to the Western Roman Empire having an excessive amount of its tax revenue diverted to these tribal kings who were running the tax system in the areas they had claimed as their own territory. In addition, the tribes began to attack each other, leading to a general sense of