Western Roman Empire

In 476 C.E., the Roman Empire collapsed due to barbarians establishing their kingdoms on Roman territory. The Roman Empire expanded so largely that it was difficult to rule the land, causing lack of communication throughout the land, in addition to internal conflict. The once Roman Empire split into 2 parts: Eastern and Western Europe. Between 476 and 1200 C.E. in Europe, the Eastern Empire started to slowly thrive and flourish due to the access of trading routes, whereas Western Europe…

For many years Romans fought with their neighbors and expanded their territory until they founded a huge empire which covered much of today’s Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. Roman territory grew but this was not a pattern that could continue forever. At one point, newly occupied territories became unprofitable, to the point of not even being able to pay expenses of expeditions. This led to the Roman Empire to stagnate and both outside and inside pressures pulled the empire apart,…

The Fall of the Western Roman Empire Many factors contributed to the fall of the Western Roman Empire, but the four major reasons included opinionated politics, economic conditions, life taking diseases, as well as invasions by foreign groups determined to take over Rome. The fact that Rome did not respond to these issues had a colossal impact in the fall of the Western Roman Empire. Politics were one of the reasons responsible for the fall of the Western Roman Empire. Rome was run by many…

The Roman Empire had a lot of influence on western societies today even though the Empire has been gone for a long time. The quote, “Rome never fell: it became something greater, an idea that achieved immortality” we can see that the Roman culture had survived, which in a sense means that the Empire also survived. Here are a few examples of important cultural ideas from Rome that still exist today. First of all, there is the Roman language, Latin. Since the Roman Empire conquered many different…

even more he added Saxony, Bavaria, large parts of Austria, the Kingdom of Lombardy, which was all of northern Italy, and an area of Spain. His country was the largest in the history of Western Europe after the fall of the West Roman Empire. In the year 800, on December 25, Charlemagne was crowned Emperor of the Romans by…

Even though the Roman Empire eventually fell to outside powers, they were a pivotal part of history because they were an intelligent society which also helped lead to the development of new largely spoken languages and the creation of great things such as roads. It was started by two people and grew into an enormous empire that they probably didn’t think possible. But even though there were weak rulers and it eventually fell, they contributed a huge part to modern-day history. The story of the…

the Middle Ages The Roman Empire covered parts of the three continents: Europe, Asia and Africa. It brought together a large number of varying cultures, economies and languages (Garnsey 1). But how did the Roman rulers manage to conduct this Roman Empire as a unity, while it contained so many differences? The Romans often behaved as if vernacular languages did not exist, but were sometimes prepared to use Greek as a lingua franca (Adams, preface xix). This meant that the Romans operated in…

prosperous empires that exceeded in developing trade, creating new inventions, and leaving a legacy behind collapsed. How could such a prosperous empire fall? The western Roman empire and the Han dynasty both collapsed during the classical era for similar and contrasting reasons. The fall of both empires occurred due to internal pressures like epidemic diseases, economic and social issues while external problems like invasions and nomads taking place at the same time. After both empires…

began to develop in the 900’s in North America. The Toltec founded their capital of Tula in 968. In India, Chandra Gupta founded the Gupta Empire in 320, but it goes bankrupt and collapses in 550 C.E. In Southeast Asia, trade develops through the Strait of Malacca in 500 C. E. In the Middle East, Muhammad lives and Islam develops between 200 and 1000. In Western…

influential and dominant Roman Empire fell due to overexpansion which led to the Empire being split and created vulnerability among the Empire. When Romulus Augustus died, the Roman Empire lost sight of their polytheistic and slave driven society, which lead to disagreement of right and wrong amidst the people. After Romulus Augustus no one man was able to govern the whole Roman Empire, this forced Diocletian to divide Rome into two Empires, the Western and Eastern Empire. Once Rome had lost…