Decline Of Roman Empire

The influential and dominant Roman Empire fell due to overexpansion which led to the Empire being split and created vulnerability among the Empire. When Romulus Augustus died, the Roman Empire lost sight of their polytheistic and slave driven society, which lead to disagreement of right and wrong amidst the people. After Romulus Augustus no one man was able to govern the whole Roman Empire, this forced Diocletian to divide Rome into two Empires, the Western and Eastern Empire. Once Rome had lost their dominant ruler, they became vulnerable and weak to outside attacks, this lead to a decline in trade and overall income which made it impossible for the Empire to survive. The prosperous Roman Empire was founded in 27 BC, but after grueling outside …show more content…
For Centuries this worked and exceptional leaders took power but eventually this dictatorship ran government became very corrupt because people who weren’t suited to run an Empire such as Rome’s could come to power by being offspring of a powerful ruler. If someone were wealthy they could hire mercenaries and take over the throne which didn’t lead to satisfactory Roman leaders. The Roman Empire became very poorly operated towards the end of the unified reign. Although the Roman Empire had many excellent emperors, they would eventually come across a ruler who was very weak but he was able to come to power because he was apart of the family chain. This could also allow rulers that adored warfare and this could result in Roman people constantly being in battle. The weakened dictatorship also lead to disagreement among the Senate and the emperor. Since the emperor has complete power, the Senate wasn’t able to overrule him. The created many problems because if the emperor didn’t know how to finance the Empire or know military strategies the Senate wasn’t able to help him. The Roman Empire would always encounter predicaments because every Empire wants to be at the top and to be at the top, they had to defeat the Empire at the top and that Empire …show more content…
These two Empires were named the Western and Eastern Empire. These Empires were ruled by two separate emperors but were still united. The Roman Empire, ran by two emperors, ruled all of Rome, but one side of the land was more defendable. This created vulnerability for the one Empire which made it fairly easy for it to be attacked. The Eastern Empire contained most of the valuable trade routes which left hardly any for the Western Empire. This created weakness among the Western Empire because they weren’t able to finance or trade for the necessities to run an Empire. The split in the Empire created one powerful, trade prosperous Empire and one Empire which had little to no trade. This created one powerful and one weak Empire. Since the Western Empire wasn’t able to acquire the necessary resources to be a powerful Empire, they began to be attacked by barbarian tribes. These attacks eliminated any of the scant trade that the Western Empire was receiving. The Western Empire struggled in trade which resulted in not being able to afford a powerful military that could protect their border and keep order among their people. Barbarian tribes began to notice that the Western Empire had grown weak so they seized the opportunity and began to attack the Western Empire. Their attacks were eventually successful