What Caused The Fall Of Rome
Hana Ellamey
Professor Deidre O’Shea
EUH 2000
13 October 2014
Fall of Rome
Rome is no longer the shining empirical state as it was when Augustus was in power. There is a clear division according to locality between the east and the west contrasting to the centralized state. As a result, the state turned into a destabilized state. The eastern part of Rome fell due to several factors; one of its major ones is the Germanic invasion. Accordingly, Europe rose in western Rome. Throughout this essay the causes of the fall of Rome will be represented, followed by Christianity and how it acted as a stabilizing force. Also, how the church attempted to make peace with the franks and the Saxons, and finally the hybrid state that was built by Clovis.
One of the major …show more content…
In consequence, the Persians captured one of the roman emperors Valerian and they turned him into a slave. Diocletian introduces fundamental reforms in Rome. He divided the empire into four parts to re-centralize the power. That was also a cause of the fall of Rome because the east and west couldn’t work together to get rid of the outside threats. The most powerful part of the four was east that was ruled by senior Augustus. He re-concentrated the empire by dividing it into 96 provinces. Furthermore, he increased bureaucracy, expanded the army and raised the taxes. As a consequence, Rome became in a deeper recession. Diocletian attempted a massive reform of Rome through two things: the military and the edicts of prices. One of the major causes of the fall of Rome is the financial crisis. This crisis led to inflation and a huge gap between the rich and the poor of the country. “The empire underwent an economic crisis brought on the by the expense of defending its borders and supporting its armies” (Dutton, Marchand and Harkness 166). The government taxed all the population to support the military because needed a lot of money to defend their
Professor Deidre O’Shea
EUH 2000
13 October 2014
Fall of Rome
Rome is no longer the shining empirical state as it was when Augustus was in power. There is a clear division according to locality between the east and the west contrasting to the centralized state. As a result, the state turned into a destabilized state. The eastern part of Rome fell due to several factors; one of its major ones is the Germanic invasion. Accordingly, Europe rose in western Rome. Throughout this essay the causes of the fall of Rome will be represented, followed by Christianity and how it acted as a stabilizing force. Also, how the church attempted to make peace with the franks and the Saxons, and finally the hybrid state that was built by Clovis.
One of the major …show more content…
In consequence, the Persians captured one of the roman emperors Valerian and they turned him into a slave. Diocletian introduces fundamental reforms in Rome. He divided the empire into four parts to re-centralize the power. That was also a cause of the fall of Rome because the east and west couldn’t work together to get rid of the outside threats. The most powerful part of the four was east that was ruled by senior Augustus. He re-concentrated the empire by dividing it into 96 provinces. Furthermore, he increased bureaucracy, expanded the army and raised the taxes. As a consequence, Rome became in a deeper recession. Diocletian attempted a massive reform of Rome through two things: the military and the edicts of prices. One of the major causes of the fall of Rome is the financial crisis. This crisis led to inflation and a huge gap between the rich and the poor of the country. “The empire underwent an economic crisis brought on the by the expense of defending its borders and supporting its armies” (Dutton, Marchand and Harkness 166). The government taxed all the population to support the military because needed a lot of money to defend their