How was Rome found? According to legend, Romulus and Remus who were twins were raised by a she-wolf and had found the city of Rome in 753 BC (Holt 164). What was the government like in Rome? Well with the patricians and plebeians they had created the constitution. With having the constitution Romans great new institutions of the government (Holt 166). What was the religion like in me? In rome they adopted many greek mythology. They also did not limit the amount of gods they could have in their religion. They had gods from religions like Mesopotamia, Persia, and Egypt. Everyone in the Roman empire had to worship a god. Some Romans actually worshipped the emperor as their god. For their they believed that gods were sent as signs and warning (Holt 179). The for the man of the house also know as paterfamilias are the oldest man that lives in the house . For Roman adoption made an important part. For families that did not have sons would be to adopt a son. Sons were also an important part. Sons would make sure that the families last name would still be carried on in …show more content…
The reason for The Fall of Rome were the weak leaders, the economy, religion, Diseases,and the invaders.During the Fall Of Rome inflation had occurred. Due to travel becoming unsafe, taxes increased, and the value of money had declined. “The Christian religion, which was monotheistic ran counter to the traditional Roman religion, which was polytheistic . At different times, the Romans persecuted the Christians because of their beliefs, which were popular among the poor” (The Fall of the..).After the final good emperors died, Rome was left without any good emperors to lead Rome and Rome’s army (Holt, 188).The economy was very extreme at this time. Robbery and piracy increased,and travel became hazardous. Merchants had feared to ship goods (Holt 189).It was found that disease also made a key importance in The Fall Of Rome. It turned out that Rome had an outbreak of Malaria which could decrease the population of Rome. Because Rome had weak leaders their army was also weak. There was a new central people called the Huns. During this time the Huns were attacking many Germanic tribe. The Huns conquered every place they went. The Huns and other tribes attacked the Roman Empire. A tribe called Vandals helped and destroyed everything in their path. In the mid 400s the leader of the Huns, Attila attack again but had to retreat. But in 476 the Ostrogothic leader, Odoacer defeated the western Roman Empire. After this the Western Empire ended