Decline of the Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was one of the most powerful empires in the history of humankind. Rome was founded on the potency of its military, its strategic geographic location, strong moral values, and wise leadership. It prospered because of its social, economic, political, military, and religious strengths. In fact, it was the most powerful empire to have ever existed. However, the mighty empire of Rome collapsed and there were many factors, which has lead to the demise of this great empire. One of the…

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,…

The rise of Christianity weakened the power of the emperor. Overexpansion was a problem because the empire was too big to handle, and news and ideas were not spread fast enough. Overall, the Fall of Rome was caused by internal problems in the Empire. Taxes were a major problem in the Roman Empire because without money, it was hard for people to survive. When the Roman Empire started to decline, taxes were increased to help pay for military expenses. The increase caused people to lose money…

what the end of the dinosaurs is to natural history…” (Holland, 23). Tom Holland believes that the Empire did not truly die on September 4, 476, and that “the fall” was much like the extinction of dinosaurs. Holland mentions that if the birds can still be claimed to be dinosaurs, then the Roman Empire could have lasted into the Middle Ages and beyond. David Walker claimed that the Roman Empire collapsed because of “declining moral values and political civility at home, an overconfident and…

was a massive empire. When the Empire finally started to decline, it was a big upset to the people living there and around it. There were many causes to the fall of the Roman Empire. I believe that the Roman Empire became so large the borders became difficult to control, the constant competing of the Roman generals for power, and the fact that Christianity lead to people not fighting in battle, which lead to Rome having to rely on foreign soldiers, this all lead to the fall of the Empire.…

collapse of the Roman civilization in the West for nearly three decades. A leader in the Christian church, he was the Bishop of Hippo, a North African Roman city that fell to barbarians in the same year as his death. In response to Roman military disasters, pagan critics had argued that the shift to Christianity from the traditional state gods in Rome’s Pantheon had demoralized the spirit and energy of the Empire. As a result, barbarian armies were empowered to move into Roman…

minimized the power of the empire. The church leader’s power increased while the Roman Empire’s power decreased. “Over time, Church leaders became influential and took away power from the emperor.” (Google.com) Some of the Christian’s beliefs and ways of life conflicted with the laws of the empire and the people chose Christian laws over the Empire’s laws. This contributed to the decline of the Roman Empire. Military problems were a major source of the fall of the Roman Empire. First of all,…

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…

The Roman Empire faced many issues in its final years. Some of the problems included sanitation, military shortages, and economy issues. Sanitation was a big problem because sickness and plagues sprang up from consuming contaminated water, sewage bacteria, or rodent issues. (Alchin, "Reasons why the Roman Empire fell") Another problem is the military, during Rome’s decline, it was tough to recruit soldiers and harder to provide resources for its heavy armies. Economy was also a big problem for…

Despite all the bad things that came out of the Fall of the Roman Empire, it made an impact on other regions. One change that resulted from the fall of the western half of the Roman Empire was the imperial power shifted to the Byzantine Empire, that is, the eastern part of the Roman Empire, with its capital at Constantinople. (Doc.3 ) After the fall of Rome the Middle Ages went through the Dark Ages and the Byzantine Empire became the rich center of trade. During the Dark Ages learning and…