Decline Roman Empire
For many centuries, the Roman Empire flourished and was able to make many great accomplishments and creations that have influenced modern culture today. Despite the success of this empire, it soon began to crumble after the Pax Romana, which was a period of 200 years of peace and prosperity. Many factors contributed to the decline of this empire, including the spread of famine, disease, and the effects of Christianity, as it spread throughout the empire. However, the three main reasons that contributed and caused the fall of Rome were the political, military, and economic factors.
The political factors were a major reasoning behind Rome’s decline. The government became very weak and unstable. For one, due to the bad leadership the empire had, the people began to become bandits, and crime broke out more in cities and streets. As more fights broke out, the government became weaker and weaker, causing an internal decay to begin to spread throughout the empire. This decay eventually grew and reached a point where it was unable to be fixed, causing the empire to crumble. Patricians were the higher class citizens in the empire, and they often took more roles in the government than the plebeians, which were the regular class citizens. Not having as big of a role in the government led for more issues to arise. Military factors also caused for this internal decay to spread and led to the fall of Rome as well. …show more content…
Each factor led to an even greater problem, which overall added to the decay that was spreading throughout the empire. One of these factors was high taxation. Many citizens were unable to pay these high taxes, resulting in less money for the economy. Without having decent amounts of money, the economy is prohibited from striving and getting better. Another factor that created a major issue in the empire was the abundance of slaves. Since it was less expensive to have slaves, many were hired to complete jobs rather than citizens. Soon enough, slaves dominated agriculture in the empire. This caused unemployment rates to drastically increase, and farmers to flee from cities. Citizens being unemployed and not having much money resulted in a use of the welfare system. Many people abused the welfare system, causing the economy to be manipulated and become even weaker. Soon enough, this caused the empire to further crumble as it reached its
The political factors were a major reasoning behind Rome’s decline. The government became very weak and unstable. For one, due to the bad leadership the empire had, the people began to become bandits, and crime broke out more in cities and streets. As more fights broke out, the government became weaker and weaker, causing an internal decay to begin to spread throughout the empire. This decay eventually grew and reached a point where it was unable to be fixed, causing the empire to crumble. Patricians were the higher class citizens in the empire, and they often took more roles in the government than the plebeians, which were the regular class citizens. Not having as big of a role in the government led for more issues to arise. Military factors also caused for this internal decay to spread and led to the fall of Rome as well. …show more content…
Each factor led to an even greater problem, which overall added to the decay that was spreading throughout the empire. One of these factors was high taxation. Many citizens were unable to pay these high taxes, resulting in less money for the economy. Without having decent amounts of money, the economy is prohibited from striving and getting better. Another factor that created a major issue in the empire was the abundance of slaves. Since it was less expensive to have slaves, many were hired to complete jobs rather than citizens. Soon enough, slaves dominated agriculture in the empire. This caused unemployment rates to drastically increase, and farmers to flee from cities. Citizens being unemployed and not having much money resulted in a use of the welfare system. Many people abused the welfare system, causing the economy to be manipulated and become even weaker. Soon enough, this caused the empire to further crumble as it reached its