Did the Roman Empire in the West Fall, Was It Pushed, or Did It Jump?
Did the Roman Empire in the West fall, was it pushed, or did it jump?
Empires are similar to human beings. Just like humans, empires are born, grow and die. The situation of Roman Empire (R.E.) is not different from that. Like the destiny of Persian Empire and Akkadian Empire (which are existed before R.E.) or the destiny of Ottoman Empire and Russian Empire (which are lived so many years later after R.E.) always played the same scenario. Although all empires faced with the same inevitable end, they had different ways of reaching the end. Some of empires had collapsed because of its own internal dynamics which could be deterioration of army, moral hazards, diseases, fight of thrones, influences of religions and economic and social life corrosion; some of other empires had collapsed because of some external dynamics which could be invasions of neighbor countries and influence of other cultures. Some had collapsed due to both external and internal factors.
The Roman Republic was founded in 509 BC in city of Rome. In short time, R.E. expanded its sovereignty from Italian Peninsula to France and Dalmatian shores, and then covered Iberian Peninsula. R.E. had continued its conquests among Mediterranean shores; from North Africa to Jerusalem, from Antioch to Athens. By the year 27 BC Roman Republic evolved to empire, soon Roman Empire seized the control of whole Mediterranean.
Empires are similar to human beings. Just like humans, empires are born, grow and die. The situation of Roman Empire (R.E.) is not different from that. Like the destiny of Persian Empire and Akkadian Empire (which are existed before R.E.) or the destiny of Ottoman Empire and Russian Empire (which are lived so many years later after R.E.) always played the same scenario. Although all empires faced with the same inevitable end, they had different ways of reaching the end. Some of empires had collapsed because of its own internal dynamics which could be deterioration of army, moral hazards,
Empires are similar to human beings. Just like humans, empires are born, grow and die. The situation of Roman Empire (R.E.) is not different from that. Like the destiny of Persian Empire and Akkadian Empire (which are existed before R.E.) or the destiny of Ottoman Empire and Russian Empire (which are lived so many years later after R.E.) always played the same scenario. Although all empires faced with the same inevitable end, they had different ways of reaching the end. Some of empires had collapsed because of its own internal dynamics which could be deterioration of army, moral hazards, diseases, fight of thrones, influences of religions and economic and social life corrosion; some of other empires had collapsed because of some external dynamics which could be invasions of neighbor countries and influence of other cultures. Some had collapsed due to both external and internal factors.
The Roman Republic was founded in 509 BC in city of Rome. In short time, R.E. expanded its sovereignty from Italian Peninsula to France and Dalmatian shores, and then covered Iberian Peninsula. R.E. had continued its conquests among Mediterranean shores; from North Africa to Jerusalem, from Antioch to Athens. By the year 27 BC Roman Republic evolved to empire, soon Roman Empire seized the control of whole Mediterranean.
Empires are similar to human beings. Just like humans, empires are born, grow and die. The situation of Roman Empire (R.E.) is not different from that. Like the destiny of Persian Empire and Akkadian Empire (which are existed before R.E.) or the destiny of Ottoman Empire and Russian Empire (which are lived so many years later after R.E.) always played the same scenario. Although all empires faced with the same inevitable end, they had different ways of reaching the end. Some of empires had collapsed because of its own internal dynamics which could be deterioration of army, moral hazards,