The Roman Empire was once a vast and wondrous place where they conquered many places and many things. They had many great leaders and were a great empire but there were many things that went wrong. There are no definitive causes for the fall of the Roman Empire, yet there are multiple valid reasons as to why it happened such as military power, social problems, widespread of diseases, and moral strength.…
military and unstable government of the Roman Empire played a huge role in its decline…
The Roman Empire, one of the biggest empires of the ancient world, was a strong and growing empire. However, it fell after many years of glory. Why did it fall? Was it because of attacks, failing economy, many unemployed? These all lead to one point, expansion. Or was it struggles over power? Even though the Roman Empire got more land, resources, and labor from expanding, the expansion led to the thinning out of resources and power, as well as a failing economy due to unemployed plebeians; lastly Rome’s defenses were weakened.…
The Roman empire, what is now modern day Italy, was one of the largest and most powerful empires of the ancient world. Their accomplishments shaped politics, religion, and culture around the world. However, when the empire started to decline, Diocletian split the empire into western Rome and eastern Rome in 200 A.D.. While eastern Rome continued to thrive, western Rome collapsed in 400 A.D.. There were many reasons to why western Rome collapsed including military, economy, and religion. First, there were loyalty problems in the military. The economy was also down because of labor shortages. Finally, a new religion was spreading, which changed the morals of Rome.…
The Roman Empire used to be a powerful empire, but that soon came to an end. Many problems in the empire weakened it. The three main causes of the fall of Rome were military weakness, foreign invasions, and weak leadership. If these problems never occured, Rome could’ve been the most powerful and successful empire in history.…
Rome’s fall was inevitable since the initiation of its grand expansion. Rome had grown to such a large size, that it could no longer take care of itself to the level that was needed. Internal factors caused the Roman empire to wane. Three facts that support this statement include, but are not limited to; its several civil wars and revolts among slaves and plebeians, a reliance on war and trade that eventually destroyed the economy, and the rise of Christianity which questioned Rome’s mores and values.…
Rome the best empire and powerful place that has ever existed in the world. It lasted for a long century and no one could stop their power even if their were attacked every day they would get outmatched and get defeated easily by the Romans, but the question was how did Rome Empire fall at the time. It's unbelievable because it was the last empire that ruled a lot of places in the world and was one powerful empire that everyone would fear. The three main points were what was the Roman empire,why was the Roman empire powerful and why did rome collapse.…
Between 500 BCE and 500 CE, the Roman civilization experienced changes both politically and culturally. Firstly, Rome’s government transitioned from a Republic to an Empire. Later, that empire was split into two parts; east and west. In terms of changes in culture, it was impacted by the shift in religion, as the Romans shifted from polytheism to monotheism. Despite all the changes, Rome still remained culturally diverse.…
Have you ever wondered what the what the main causes for Rome’s collapse? Multiple Roman historians believe Rome’s declining empire was caused by military weakness, legal justice/lack of trust, followed by political instability. Rome began as a sparsely populated western town in 750 BCE that was rarely known by any large empire such as Greece. Then at it’s height; it expanded, covering most of the Mediterranean, a small part of Africa, Asia, and Europe. After defeating many threats; the Romans began to feel that luxury was a need, not a necessity to the Romans. Rome became lazy and developed soft bellies. They began to neglect multiple social and political problems. People could not trust each other because of the heinous crimes and mysterious…
Nearly two thousand years ago, the Roman Empire conquered all territories west of the Persian Empire in modern day Iran and Iraq. The empire extended southwards into North Africa, and as far north as the British Isles. For close on to four centuries, the Romans controlled and conquered most of Western Eurasia and the Mediterranean. However, their rule came to an end because of the centrifugal forces of political and economic issues, foreign invaders and belligerent tribes, and socio-religious transformations. This brief response will help highlight the primary reasons why the Roman Empire fell.…
There were many factors that weakened Rome and catalyzed the collapse. Over time these factors weakened Rome’s power and caused the fall of Rome. For centuries Rome had been fighting the Germanic tribe but C.A. 300 CE, the Germanic tribes began to take over European land. “In 410 the Visigoth King Alaric successfully sacked the city of Rome” significantly…
The successor kingdoms are homogenous forms of power in terms of culture, administration, military power, etc. and were all variations of the former Empire.…
The Roman Empire was one of the most advanced and largest civilizations with their amazing architecture, astonishing inventions and many more. But Nothing can last forever. The fall of the roman empire was caused by four main reasons. Political issues or an unstable government, Economic problems, Diseases could have played a part and lastly, foreign invaders.…
The Roman Empire fell in 476 B.C. Romans were corrupt in many ways. The Romans political, economic, and militaristic powers I feel are the 3 main factors of why the Empire fell.…
Did you know that Rome was one of the biggest empires of all time? By the 5th century AD, Rome was starting to fall. An empire can fall by having a bad economy, military, and/or government. These were the reasons that Rome fell. The most important reason, however, was the military.…