The Fall of the Western Roman Empire
Rome was a powerhouse Empire but the clock was ticking on their supremacy. The Western Roman Empire had countless problems yet only four ones stand out in a significant way. These included pitiful political issues, dreadful economic drawbacks, deathly viruses and diseases, and ruthless foreign invaders. Western Rome was hardly prepared for all of these difficulties and it soon would prove itself by causing the slow painful death for Western Rome.
The Political part of Western Rome was far from perfect, and this would soon contribute to the caused decline of Western Rome. Emperors and political figures were often unreliable for Western Rome and not qualified or fit for the job. Infact only five out of the …show more content…
The empire was simply too massive to have strong borders, and natural borders started to become less effective. In addition Rome was fairly easy to infiltrate. They had not nearly enough soldiers to guard the outer regions because most of the armies were going on strike. Furthermore Rome hired Germanic soldiers to fight for them. The idea did not turn out as desired to, the Germanic tribes went into Western Rome to help and then betrayed them. The army Rome was paying to have, switched sides. More Germanic tribes broke into the empire and cut off water supplies. The once tough rivers to cross by boat, Rhine and Danube rivers, froze over allowing invaders to walk right into Rome. In 410 CE Germanic Chief Alaric had the knockout punch when he completely destroyed the city with his tribes. Western Rome had too many difficulties in their society already that they could not simply keep opposing invaders out of their most prized city.
This Empire truly was strong, but could not keep the political issues, economic imperfections, outbreaks of disease, and dangerous invaders in check. Western Rome feared the day they would not be able to keep their great status. Nobody doubted it was going to happen. The time eventually came when all of these deficits caught up to them and eventually overpowered them. The hideous end of Western Rome was a slow, dreadful
Rome was a powerhouse Empire but the clock was ticking on their supremacy. The Western Roman Empire had countless problems yet only four ones stand out in a significant way. These included pitiful political issues, dreadful economic drawbacks, deathly viruses and diseases, and ruthless foreign invaders. Western Rome was hardly prepared for all of these difficulties and it soon would prove itself by causing the slow painful death for Western Rome.
The Political part of Western Rome was far from perfect, and this would soon contribute to the caused decline of Western Rome. Emperors and political figures were often unreliable for Western Rome and not qualified or fit for the job. Infact only five out of the …show more content…
The empire was simply too massive to have strong borders, and natural borders started to become less effective. In addition Rome was fairly easy to infiltrate. They had not nearly enough soldiers to guard the outer regions because most of the armies were going on strike. Furthermore Rome hired Germanic soldiers to fight for them. The idea did not turn out as desired to, the Germanic tribes went into Western Rome to help and then betrayed them. The army Rome was paying to have, switched sides. More Germanic tribes broke into the empire and cut off water supplies. The once tough rivers to cross by boat, Rhine and Danube rivers, froze over allowing invaders to walk right into Rome. In 410 CE Germanic Chief Alaric had the knockout punch when he completely destroyed the city with his tribes. Western Rome had too many difficulties in their society already that they could not simply keep opposing invaders out of their most prized city.
This Empire truly was strong, but could not keep the political issues, economic imperfections, outbreaks of disease, and dangerous invaders in check. Western Rome feared the day they would not be able to keep their great status. Nobody doubted it was going to happen. The time eventually came when all of these deficits caught up to them and eventually overpowered them. The hideous end of Western Rome was a slow, dreadful