The causes for the fall of the empire were a mix of everything. There were political, military, social, and economic causes. It all started with the death of Marcus Aurelius, and by the end of the empire’s reign, Rome was really having a rough time of it. After Aurelius’ death, Rome never really had a strong leader. There was even a 50-year period where more than 50 emperors died, whether from assassination, which was the most common cause of death, or sickness. Due to this assassination problem, the emperors really didn’t have much time to focus on the empires other problems. The empires agricultural production declined because of warrior troops trampling crops. The fighting from the military also made trade dangerous and expensive, so there
