Fall Of Rome Dbq Analysis
What were the primary reasons for the “fall” of Rome?
The roman empire fell for reasons that Historians aren’t exactly sure of. People have only made guesses to what caused it. The three main reasons that caused the fall of Rome were Military weakness
The first cause of the fall of the roman empire was their military weakness. The soldiers in the Roman Empire became very lazy and neglected their armor. According to Document B, “The customary armor began to seem heavy since the soldiers rarely ever wore it. Therefore, they first asked the emperor to set aside the breastplates...And then the helmets. So our soldiers fought the Goths without any protection for chest and head and were often beaten by archers.” This shows that because of their …show more content…
Going back to document B you remember that they mentioned something about the soldiers asking permission from the emperor to get rid of their armor. This shows the emperor wasn’t very strict with their people and let them off the hook too easily. And because of the military being weak, the emperor was often either killed in battle or assassinated by invaders/enemies. According to Doc. A 13 out of 22 leaders were possibly assassinated because of the military's mistakes. Most others were killed in battle and one died as a slave to the Persians.
Last and the most likely reason Rome fell was because of the foreign invasions. From Doc. C you can see that Rome was enemies with many other soldiers like the Huns, Vandals, Etc. Most invaders came from the East and because of the weak military and leaders not doing any good either, it must’ve been easier since they weren’t in the best conditions. Because of all the enemies they had, they didn’t last very long. Especially the Huns were a big threat. According to a Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus, “ The Huns exceeded every definition of savagery. Like Unthinking animals, they are completely ignorant of what’s right and wrong.” Compared to the Huns, The Romans didn’t have a chance.
Nobody is really sure how Rome fell. Some people don’t believe that Rome fell at all. But this research is probably still being continued so we will probably figure out what exactly what happened to Rome
The roman empire fell for reasons that Historians aren’t exactly sure of. People have only made guesses to what caused it. The three main reasons that caused the fall of Rome were Military weakness
The first cause of the fall of the roman empire was their military weakness. The soldiers in the Roman Empire became very lazy and neglected their armor. According to Document B, “The customary armor began to seem heavy since the soldiers rarely ever wore it. Therefore, they first asked the emperor to set aside the breastplates...And then the helmets. So our soldiers fought the Goths without any protection for chest and head and were often beaten by archers.” This shows that because of their …show more content…
Going back to document B you remember that they mentioned something about the soldiers asking permission from the emperor to get rid of their armor. This shows the emperor wasn’t very strict with their people and let them off the hook too easily. And because of the military being weak, the emperor was often either killed in battle or assassinated by invaders/enemies. According to Doc. A 13 out of 22 leaders were possibly assassinated because of the military's mistakes. Most others were killed in battle and one died as a slave to the Persians.
Last and the most likely reason Rome fell was because of the foreign invasions. From Doc. C you can see that Rome was enemies with many other soldiers like the Huns, Vandals, Etc. Most invaders came from the East and because of the weak military and leaders not doing any good either, it must’ve been easier since they weren’t in the best conditions. Because of all the enemies they had, they didn’t last very long. Especially the Huns were a big threat. According to a Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus, “ The Huns exceeded every definition of savagery. Like Unthinking animals, they are completely ignorant of what’s right and wrong.” Compared to the Huns, The Romans didn’t have a chance.
Nobody is really sure how Rome fell. Some people don’t believe that Rome fell at all. But this research is probably still being continued so we will probably figure out what exactly what happened to Rome