Rome was alluded to as the “mother of the world” because it was a center of civilization, erudition and administration, but the Western Roman Empire fell because of many reasons, such as poor administration in the 2nd and 3rd century, disease, foreign protectors, reduced Roman population and foreign invasion. After it fell in 410 A.D., the empire went into a time period known as the Dark Ages, where there were many downshifts in society. Some examples of the downshift in society’s progress during the Dark Ages are education, trade and medicine. However, Christianity was a unifying force during these dark times. For example, Clovis, king of Gaul, converted to Christianity himself and converted Gaul which essentially unified them. One of
