Byzantine Empire

I had thought that there were some some things that the empire’s demise could have been inevitable and some that signaled that the empire was doomed. Out of the various reasons for either surviving or crumbling, I think that there are 3 main reasons that the Roman Empire was meant to be demised. There are a lot of problems that were weighing in on the roman empire but here are the 3 main reasons that in my opinion, that had let to the empire's demise. First of all, there are Military reasons.…

The great Roman empire eventually fell, there are many people that would say that the Roman empire fell for many reasons I believe it fell from a result of three. The Roman empire was able to accomplish many great things in architecture, government, entertainment, and military strategy; influencing the modern world. But in 476 C.E all these things would be no more as the curtain closed on Rome's 1,500-year-long performance. The three main reasons the Roman empire fell was the barbarian invasion,…

What caused the fall of the Western Roman Empire? This is a question that has been asked by many people throughout history. It is a question that cannot be totally answered because so many different things led to the fall of the empire. But, there was small factors, and very large factors that led to the fall. Rome was a very stable nation for hundreds of years. It started with the Republic, turned into an empire during Caesar's rule, and ended after about a thousand years of being a nation.…

The Pirenne thesis states that sea trade was crucial to the survival of the Roman empire, and the increase of Muslim invasions in the seventh and eighth centuries severed the unity of trade between the Western countries in the Mediterranean. This led to a steady decline of the Roman empire as it was unable to sustain itself through trade. There are differing opinions between modern historians as to the accuracy of the Pirenne thesis, with most historians arguing it is no longer a valid…

Two thousand years ago both the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty were thriving in Italy and China respectively. These two powerful civilizations had completely opposite religions and Government structures, but yet both were able to function as a thriving societies until. Although the Han Dynasty and Roman Empire were based on two completely different beliefs and Government structures, they both had corrupt Governments by the end of their reigns that lead to a weakened army, and lead to terrible…

The Empire of Rome was certainly one of the greatest in the history of mankind, but it fell. Why did it so? Given the complexity of the Empire’s organization and its long-lasting life, it is hard to assign one or two exact reasons which may exclusively be accountable for its fall. The point is that there were many reasons generated by many different triggers that have contributed to the fall of Empire. One can point simultaneously to internal and external factors which played a role in the…

However, their number system was flawed, it had no zero (0), and no single method for counting above several thousand units, (lines were often placed over numerals to indicate multiples of their value).The eventual fall of the Roman Empire by 300 A.D. saw the introduction and adoption of Arabic numerals, today we call them decimal numbers because they work consistently to a base of 10. The invention of zero (nothing) was a huge leap forward. Roman numerals today are used most frequently…

The Twelve Tables are laws of Rome that can tell us about its people views and how they lived in the times of 450 B.C.E.. In Roman tradition laws were not written down and was only fully know and interpreted by patricians ( upper-class ) and priests, which was a disadvantage to plebeians ( lower-class ) due them being at the will of patricians who did know the law and could charge them with anything and they would not know if they were in the right or wrong. The Twelve Tables laws will show the…

a problem all together in every aspect and created multiple conflicts. The size made it hard to communicate throughout the empire and created a political problem when it comes to democracy and people trying to voice their opinions about political matters. Even then, Rome had still problems defending the empire and with Rome’s military being spread so thin throughout the empire, so it had to…

Before the fall of the Roman Empire in 476 CE, Rome was a place of prosperity and stability. The advancements in technology, government, art, and warfare that are prevalent in the United States today stem from this era. Prosperity came to an end with the fall of the Roman Empire where the government faced political instability due to overspending, invasions from outside and rebellion within. After the fall came the Middle Ages where many Germanic Kingdoms took control over Western Europe. There…