I have introduced the origins of the Roman empire, for the sole purpose of gaining a better understanding of the reasons which led to the Lower Empire. Subsequently, I continued by explaining the political and social organization. Then I made a brief description of the Roman Empire, poets, the Roman army, trade and agriculture, trades, and so on. All this for the sole purpose of better demystifying the society of the Roman Empire and subsequently to better understand the origin of the causes of the fall of the Roman empire.
It is important to know that the Roman empire was not erased by its fall. In ancient times, the decline of an empire had often led not only to the collapse of its political edifice, but also the disappearance of its civilization, the extinction of its mode of life. The Roman empire, on the other hand, had ensured its cultural survival, long before the loss of its power, by romanizing the different parts of its extended Empire. The Roman empire had fallen, but Romanism continued. Today, 1500 years after the fall of Rome, its heritage is an integral part of Western