Why Did Rome's Collapse?
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
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Political instability was caused by multiple problems such as Roman leaders were assassinated, crime ran rampant throughout the city, multiple Germanic tribes sacked Rome many times, leaving Rome in the midst of horror, after Rome was ambushed, they were too lazy to regain their strength, which eventually led to corruption. Many people fought for the throne. Everyone thought it would be “awesome” to be emperor because they could rule an empire, but it was rather dangerous. When caesars were elected, people only voted for who would benefit themselves the most, not the whole empire. Many Roman subjects grew angry with the outcome of the voting and decided to assassinate the emperor. According to document A; 22 emperors served as Rome’s caesar within a 50 year period (235-285 CE). A majority of them were assassinated, others were killed in battle or taken hostage. None died of a natural death. Because of these assassinations, subjects of Rome were frightened because they were being robbed and began to steal from others to make up for the loss of their items. Many other murders occurred although wasn’t just the kings who were dying, it was the citizens who were murdered because other Roman subjects became jealous. Amidst this violence, Germanic tribes began to close in on the crumbling heart of Rome. Tribes like the Vandals, Huns, Goths, Visigoths, Ostrogoths, and the Saxons continuously sacked Rome. Political instability contributed to the fall of Rome because it eventually led to crime and corruption which ended the majestic empire every other small city-state knew
Political instability was caused by multiple problems such as Roman leaders were assassinated, crime ran rampant throughout the city, multiple Germanic tribes sacked Rome many times, leaving Rome in the midst of horror, after Rome was ambushed, they were too lazy to regain their strength, which eventually led to corruption. Many people fought for the throne. Everyone thought it would be “awesome” to be emperor because they could rule an empire, but it was rather dangerous. When caesars were elected, people only voted for who would benefit themselves the most, not the whole empire. Many Roman subjects grew angry with the outcome of the voting and decided to assassinate the emperor. According to document A; 22 emperors served as Rome’s caesar within a 50 year period (235-285 CE). A majority of them were assassinated, others were killed in battle or taken hostage. None died of a natural death. Because of these assassinations, subjects of Rome were frightened because they were being robbed and began to steal from others to make up for the loss of their items. Many other murders occurred although wasn’t just the kings who were dying, it was the citizens who were murdered because other Roman subjects became jealous. Amidst this violence, Germanic tribes began to close in on the crumbling heart of Rome. Tribes like the Vandals, Huns, Goths, Visigoths, Ostrogoths, and the Saxons continuously sacked Rome. Political instability contributed to the fall of Rome because it eventually led to crime and corruption which ended the majestic empire every other small city-state knew