Pollinator decline

Everyone and their mother knows about the Roman Empire, but do they know about Rome's eastern successor, Byzantium? The Byzantine Empire was originally the eastern half of the failing Roman Empire. Justinian ruled Byzantium in its most powerful age. Justinian was a powerful leader, and those who followed never lived up to him. Byzantium shared many similarities with the Roman Empire. In fact, Justinian revived the Roman Empire through the use of old Roman laws, worshipping a similar religion,…

factors beyond the empire's control that contributed to the fall of the Roman empire, such as closeness to other warring people groups[C], consecutive natural disasters[F], and disease[F]. Political instability was a large factor in the decline of the Roman Empire. A chart compiled from various sources outlined the reign and cause of death of each emperor from 235-285 CE. From it you can see that the Roman Empire was not able to sustain an emperor for a long period…

The first reason of why Rome fell is Civil war. From A.D.193 on, many men tried to claim control of the empire. Many of them were generals who, backed by their armies. The generals took throne by force. They had strained treasury too because rivals for the throne began promise higher salaries to the armies in return of their support. The second reason of why Rome fell is because of an emperor named Diocletion. In A.D.284, Diocletion increased the Roman army from the size of 300,000 men to…

1. Society/ Structure: During the 15th century the Mycenaean’s leaders adopted the models of social organisation of the Minoans in which the way the Mycenaean society was structured. The Mycenaean societal structure was derived from the goods buried in the graves of passed deaths. Unlike the Minoan society and structure The Mycenaean’s were much more warlike unlike the Minoans, the Mycenaean’s had quite a military nature and were strongly military based and has many armies, weapon and even the…

Many may think of Rome as a folder. A very nice folder at first, something to put hard work into. However, that folder will break down. This is probably because it was carried around so many times. Possibly even dropped a couple of times. It also may have broken down because there was too much inside. This folder could easily be compared to Rome because after Julius Caesar ruled, Roman terror began. Just like that folder, many things started to nag at the stability of it. What are the primary…

Introduction In 510, BC king Tarquinius Superbus was banished with his whole family (Morey, 1901). Kingship system was abolished and new free government system was formed. Rome became a republic, where, instead of being ruled by a king or Monarchy, true power was held by the citizens. However, Rome had two different classes called Patricians and Plebeians. Patricians were in aristocratic class whereas Plebeians were in lower class. Soon conflict aroused between these two groups due to political…

will get killed easier in battle and it increases the chance of the Roman Empire to become conquered. Illnesses and plagues also led to the downfall of Rome because of lack of medicine established at that time. As noted on Document F, “process of decline was a series of plagues that swept over the empire.” This shows that the citizens of Rome, mostly the middle class, lived in small, cramped apartments…

The fall of Rome is one of the most famous events in history of all time. Historians have debated the causes of the collapse and the implications on history. There is no doubt that the fall of Rome changed the world is dramatic ways. Stark believes, in contrast to the view of many history books, that the fall of Rome was greatly beneficial. This opinion does seem slightly foreign to me. I have always been taught that the fall of Rome was a tragedy that ended an age of innovation. Once Rome…

The Fall of Rome was one of the major historical events that had the magnitude to shape the future of society that we now experience today, now the question lies why did this huge empire collapse? There were three major factors that the Romans had fallen from their position of dominance over the world which ultimately led them to the fall of the super power known as the Roman Empire. Firstly, Rome lacked unity amongst its people as the Roman Empire had split into two sides and the rise of a…

The beginning of the dark ages began with the start of the fall of the Roman Empire when the Visigoths which was led by Alaric, took down the walls of Rome and in the process of over taking the capital of the Roman Empire. The Visigoths marched through the city burned down homes, killing many people and destroying whatever was in their path without a care, leaving destruction wherever they went. The invasion of the Roman Empire lasted for a whole three days. This was the first time the walls of…