The Roman Empire fell for many different reasons, such as weakening of the military, invasion, economic trouble, rise of the Eastern Empire, overexpansion, government corruption, and to a small extent Christianity. (Andrews) The Romans followed a polytheistic religion. The Romans worshipped many gods, including the emperor, who they saw as a living god. There were many other religions in the Roman Empire, and the Romans usually accepted those religions as long as the people agreed to also worship the emperor and pay taxes. Christianity was different from the Roman religion and most of the other religions in the empire because they worshipped only one god. Christians were persecuted by the Romans because they refused to also worship the Roman
