The Romans had lost their way in favour of the Christian religion. As a result, they found that threats were coming at them from all directions. Disaster both in Rome and from outside of Rome were having an impact on the Roman Empire. While this was the beginning of the end of the Roman Empire, it finally began to collapse around 476 AD.
The Empire was once ruled by powerful rulers, who were able to conquer many lands, and later it was ruled by Emperors who were weak in nature. Instability within the Empire was setting in, and many problems with people from foreign countries who wished to destroy the Roman Empire, were becoming an ever increasing threat to the Romans. The Roman Empire, did not only have trouble on the outside but problems were arising from the inside. Corruption was becoming …show more content…
It was the first time that a Christian army had captured Rome. Although Alaric was an Arian Christian, it did not matter as the Romans blamed all Christians for the capture of Rome. Because Rome had become a Catholic city, they believed that God would protect them. After the capture of Rome, those who had become Christians were starting to question their religious choice. As a result, the Roman people started too believed, if had they stuck to their Roman Gods, that Rome would have never fallen. However, Christians like St Augustine and his works from the City of God, in book twenty-two, tries to explain to the Roman people why they were not the cause of their downfall. But instead Augustine, puts the blame back on the Roman Gods, saying they were stolen Gods from the Greeks and as such, had indeed abandon the Roman people long ago. Augustine basically goes on to say that if the Roman people had faith in the one true God this would never have happened in the first place. Furthermore, he says the sins of the past had caught up to them, and that they should see it as God cleansing their sins, to make way for a better
The Empire was once ruled by powerful rulers, who were able to conquer many lands, and later it was ruled by Emperors who were weak in nature. Instability within the Empire was setting in, and many problems with people from foreign countries who wished to destroy the Roman Empire, were becoming an ever increasing threat to the Romans. The Roman Empire, did not only have trouble on the outside but problems were arising from the inside. Corruption was becoming …show more content…
It was the first time that a Christian army had captured Rome. Although Alaric was an Arian Christian, it did not matter as the Romans blamed all Christians for the capture of Rome. Because Rome had become a Catholic city, they believed that God would protect them. After the capture of Rome, those who had become Christians were starting to question their religious choice. As a result, the Roman people started too believed, if had they stuck to their Roman Gods, that Rome would have never fallen. However, Christians like St Augustine and his works from the City of God, in book twenty-two, tries to explain to the Roman people why they were not the cause of their downfall. But instead Augustine, puts the blame back on the Roman Gods, saying they were stolen Gods from the Greeks and as such, had indeed abandon the Roman people long ago. Augustine basically goes on to say that if the Roman people had faith in the one true God this would never have happened in the first place. Furthermore, he says the sins of the past had caught up to them, and that they should see it as God cleansing their sins, to make way for a better