Why Did Rome: The Fall Of Rome

The fall of Rome is a very diverse topic. It can be done in many different ways and theories thought of in diverse ways. Some of the theories involve lead poisoning causing the people to go insane and make bad decisions and in turn cause it to fall. Others say the inflation a term used when your money buys less; caused the fall due to over taxation of the public. Also the religious movement of christianity is believed to be thought of as a weakening agent for the republic. Angry citizens also turn against the government because Rome is just so big that the military that already took all their money from taxation can’t protect them. Quite a waste of money in my eyes. Also for support for the plebians the republic would give the plebeians a
The invading of the germanics and the vandals is thought of as vandalization to rome, causing the western half to fall. But all these things put into effect I think cause the big hit that sent it all down.
All of these things can be supported but I think that the inflation,invasion and corruption and over taxation caused it the most. Because the over taxation was for these things for civilians and the military, this caused the citizens to go poor but it would’ve been fine if it would have worked but the army was good but not great. The increasing size of Rome started off helping the army and military be able NOT to succeed by make the republic just so large that the military couldn’t protect it. The military which already drained the people of the republic failed in protection causing people wondering who to find protection for then being angry at the government. The people
The eastern part was in the capital of Constantinople which helped because christianity was outlawed and if you were a christian you were prosecuted. But when constantine came to power he ended the persecution and started making it okay to be christian. Also Theodosius made christianity the state religion meaning that if you were there it was what everyone was and you were probably considered weird or quire for being something other than everyone. But before all of this the Romans were polytheistic and believed that they would last forever because the gods were pleased with them and would let them prosper. They believed in judaism which let them be polytheistic. But this caused an arise in people like Sadducees,Pharisees and Zealots. The Sadducees wanted nothing but cooperation between the people. However the Pharisees wanted to trial you about religious law that's all they knew and that's all they wanted you to know. But the Zealots in my eyes were the worst they wanted power to be theirs they wanted to overthrow the roman government but they tried and epically failed. Also their were Essenes who were just people that were like the amish in today’s society they were away from everything and didn’t care about anything except their farms and