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    same inkblot picture but say that they see two completely different things. Activity 2: The fall of the Western Roman Empire was caused by a number of factors. There is some evidence that supports the interpretation that the Western Roman Empire fell because of factors which was largely beyond the control of the Romans. For example, the same barbarians that in the past had opposed the old Empire had now joined together to create much bigger, stronger and organised groups such…

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    Schweigert 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…

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    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.…

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    The fall of the Roman Empire was the process of decline in the Western Roman Empire. Territory was being divided and failure to enforce rules was causing the Roman Empire to lose the strengths that were set for it. The empire fell due to political, economic, military, and changes in roman citizens. Constantine and Diocletian split the empire up by the referring to them as the western and eastern empires. Constantine controlled the eastern empire and is where he built Constantinople and saw the…

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    The Fall of the Western Roman Empire The Western Roman Empire has had many bad situations. There were an abundance amount of circumstances that caused the fall of the Western Roman Empire. The fall of the Western Roman Empire was due to economic situations, introduction to Christianity, slavery, and their militaries. The Roman Empire had been in bad cases for a long period. The circumstances have been severe and has had a major impact to the Western Roman Empire. They are all the same…

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    DBQ Re-Do The Western Roman Empire fell in around 100-500 C.E. The fall of the Western Roman Empire was a large historical event. There were many contributing factors to this fall. In the next paragraphs those reasons will be explained. To begin, the Western Roman Empire’s military was very weak because it had a lot of problems finding solders and supplying the funds to pay for their military needs. According to document 5 it says that the reason there was a “military crisis” was because there…

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    The Western Roman Empire had many great accomplishments, and many great problems, all of these so called problems, are placed in four main categories; politics, economy, disease, and foreign invaders. The Western Roman Empire, it had many emperors, some of them were good and led the empire to great victories, but most of them were poor, lousy, cheap, and flawed and led them to great destructions. The lousy emperors inherited the throne but they lacked the ability to lead the Western Roman…

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    Many people believe that the year 476 CE was the fall of the Roman Empire. However, the Roman Empire did not actually fall, only the Western half did (which included cities like Rome, Sicily, and Carthage). The Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire, on the other hand, continued to live for hundreds of years. This included cities like Athens, Syria, Egypt, and Alexandria. The Western Roman Empire was already facing a mound full of problems prior to the year 476, such as an economic meltdown,…

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    The fall of the ‘Western Roman Empire’ was caused by a number of internal and external factors spread over more than a century. Their are many theories providing an explanation for the the fall of the empire and pinpointing the beginning of its decay, however one of the most accepted theories begins in the reign of Emperor Constantine (306-337 A.D) and his part in the split of the Roman Empire into two ‘West’ and ‘East’ regions and ends with the abdication of Romulus Augustus in 475 A.D.…

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    of the most glorious empires in human history was the Roman Empire. Its western part survived for an astounding period of more than 500 years. Therefore historians are highly intrigued by the fall of the Western Roman Empire. For centuries they have considered the reasons for this fall. But what they are even more intrigued by is the fact that the Eastern Roman Empire survived this fall and the reasons for this. My opinion is that the main reasons why the Eastern Roman Empire survived are that…

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