The Fall Of The Roman Empire Research Paper

The fall of the Roman Empire
By: Owenkosi Sigudla
Christianity’s contribution to the fall of Rome
The fall of the Roman Empire is said to be an example of a domino effect; this comes from the idea of placing dominoes on their sides, one next to each other and then intentionally knocking the first in the line over to its neighbouring domino. This creates a chain reaction and eventually all the dominoes collapse. It was just like that for the Roman Empire, it was the Huns invading from the east that caused the domino effect, they invaded (pushed into) the goths, who then invaded (pushed into) the Roman Empire.
The internal causes of the decline
• The split of the empire into two part weakened the empire
• Roman soldiers were loyal to their