Byzantine Empire

Political problems were a major factor in the fall of the Western Roman Empire. Many of Rome’s emperors were greedy, cruel, and lacked the skills needed to rule an empire. In addition, multiple emperors were mentally unstable. An outstanding example of an emperor with these traits is Nero. Nero burned down much of the heart of Rome, in order to make a palace to attest to his riches and honor himself. He also thought of himself much like a god and killed his own mother. A large number of Rome’s…

tribes and the decisions made by the Ro-man leadership of between the fourth and fifth century of Roamn History represents a clear decline of the Empire, regarding political, cultural and religious aspects of life, which resulted in the final fall of it. Throughout this period of Roman History, the barbarian threat, luring from different parts of the Empire, was obvious. Unfortunatelly, the Roman attitude towards the barbarian tribes was rather embossed by friendship and reliance, than by…

The two main causes of the fall of the Roman empire (suggested by Edward Gibbon) are the adoption of Christianity and the economic decline. Although there are many different theories of what could have happened (and it's undoubtedly more than one thing), these are two of the most important factors that led to Rome's decline. Religion was an issue that caused a lot of conflict in Rome. Most of it started when Israel became occupied by Romans. It had been conquered many times before, but was…

The fall of the Western Roman Empire is evidenced by multiple modes of failure The fall of the Western Roman Empire is evidenced by multiple modes of failure. The first of these modes of failure is military failure. The second mode of failure is economic. The final mode of failure is political failure. These various ways of failing all outline how the Western Roman Empire fell. Military failure is of important note fore a strong military power such as the Roman Empire. First the battle of…

Domino effect. Things happen, and those things lead to even bigger things. Like a little mishap can lead to the destruction of an entire nation. Deplecion means to get smaller and fade away. That's what this empire just ended up doing. Rome was a great empire that ruled for many years. This empire made many important contributions to today's society.. Like the Republic, Dictatorship, an Aqueduct, and bettered agriculture. But what caused this thriving nation to crumble? The fall of Rome was an…

The great Roman Empire was very powerful and grew quite a bit in the long period it existed, spreading over many areas as its influence continued. The main reason that the Roman Empire fell was the lack of loyal military personnel, the absence of an organized government, the monumental size becoming overpowering, and invasions from enemies. The Roman Empire was a large, growing empire that was very powerful. There was loads of entertainment for rich and for poor, and the wealthy had the choice…

Trojans that searched to find a new place to live. As the Empire grew in size, many different ideals were assimilated into its borders. This caused for there to be little blips of individuality that appear over time, for those who were more stubbornly avoiding what were the norms. An example of this is what Edward Gibbon says in document two, “The introduction of Christianity had some influence on the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. The clergy successfully preached the doctrine of…

The Civilization of the Greeks The first civilization was founded on a large island of Crete. A mountainous peninsula about 45,000 square miles was occupied by the Greeks. Arthur Evans, an English archaeologist, named this civilization Minoan Crete after the legendary king Minos. They had little to no influence from other people because they were so isolated. Around 1450 B.C.E., a catastrophe struck the Minoan civilization that resulted in collapse. It is still uncertain of what the catastrophe…

it. The cycle of event that made the empire drop was irreversible. Contemporaries of the brilliant general and politician hold as much blame as the great man himself. Caesar has a very strong character and personality, which was good to hold the Republic together as long as he lived. His assassination and the result from the continuous civil wars only made it necessary for power to be from one ruler for one great nation. In this case, it was the Roman Empire. The adoption of the heir of Caesar,…

Once upon a time there was a small city in Greece. The city was protected by the god of the sky Zeus. Zeus would continue to protect them as long as they did one thing, praise him. Recently no one in the town went to praise him. Everyone forgot who was keeping them safe from danger, everyone except for Tornandoes. They had all grown selfish and began worshiping money over Zeus. The village had once been a great place for bargaining but they had started robbing from merchants that came to trade…