The first reason why Rome collapse was Economic problems and corruption. One reasons was they had very high taxes so people didn’t like that so there were many problems. Also Rome didn’t have very much money because they would pay their soldiers to try to keep them loyal to Rome. Emperors would take money to throw party or have festivals so that would use their money instead of using it for better equipment. Another reason is they didn’t have many laws so people would get away with crime. Also in Rome …show more content…
According to document A they had 22 emperor from 235 CE to 285 CE. But the main reasons why those emperor died were assation which shows that they must have done something wrong and then there army couldn’t protect them from who wants to kill the emperor for what they did wrong. Another reason how they died was they were either killed in battle or suicide. All of these frequent and violent changes in leadership was a big reasons why Rome collapse. Also this is the main reasons because this lead to military weakness then to economic problems and corruption. Weak leadership lead to military weakness because they let their soldiers get lazy and wounded by taking away breastplates and helmets. Then that lead to economic problems because it lead to attacks which meant corruption and emperors would use money to have festivals or party instead of helping their empire. Also since they made these decisions and all the emperors were dieing it sent a message to people living outside of the Roman Empire that Rome is unsteady so they could attack.
There were the three reason why Rome fell. But the main reason was weak leadership because it lead to military weakness and economic problems. Rome was one of the most important empires so when it collapsed it had a big