Mid term
The anarchic time of the Roman Empire were forced to deal with tremendous challenges that caused the empire to spilt into three East, West and South. The biggest and most devastating challenge was the fall of Rome, which divides the empire in the first place. The east was mostly Germanic catholic tribes who banded together to control what was left of Rome and soon become the Carolingian empire, the South were control by the Muslims, while the East was the Greek orthodox Byzantine Empire. Though Rome falling was a abominable event the empires in the east and south were advancing at a rapid pass while the east empire was seen as backwards and behind the march to progress.
Though the unsurpassable Roman Empire was great it was inflicted with internal hardship that soon brought the empire to its knees. The Roman Empire prided itself for its strong leaders, but soon found that good leaders are few and far in between. It can be argued that after Julie’s Creaser the leadership becomes more and more ineffective. Each new emperor becomes less connected to the people and seen them self more as a god than a man. The best example is Caligula the evil Emperor who proclaimed himself a god. The best way to describe Caligula is, as an insane emperor who …show more content…
After the fall of Rome the fate of the common farmer remained unchanged. They continued to be farmers. It 's just who they paid their rent/tribute to changed. These barbarians adopted many of the roman customs and culture, even though it conflicted with their own. The Germanic tribes always adopted new gods due to them being Polytheistic, but with missionary’s coming from the east, they quickly adopted Christianity as their main religion. Soon the old barbarian way gave up to an empire structure in the Carolingian