The Fall Of The Roman Empire

The great Roman Empire expanded across all of Europe and into the Middle East. Its military was one of the finest. With major trading in Africa and Britain, the economy flourished with brining many citizens a healthy income. With amazing advancements in culture and technology, Roman society was at its finest. During the Pax Romana, the Romans had 200 years of peace and good ruling by level headed dictators and emperors. Despite Rome’s greatness in all of these areas, Rome would eventually fall. Surprisingly all of these qualities that led up to a flourishing empire were the same ones that led to its demise. As Germanic tribes invaded, the military weakened and the government became unstable.

Although the fall of Rome remains obscure, what many historians fail to realize is that the decline of the Roman Empire was the epitome of cause and effect relationships. Properly analyzing the fall of Rome leads historians to realize that a chain of circumstances, beginning with the political corruption of the Western empire, was a catalyst for superfluous military spending and economic failure, all which contributed to the fall of Rome. Because the Praetorian Guard would select the highest bidder and put him into office, the emperors would not represent the people as a whole and did not instill the beliefs that the people held. In Document 1, Roman Emperors, 235-285, a chart shows the inconsistency of the Roman emperors and the violence

For a long period of time, Rome seemed like an unstoppable empire. It conquered the majority of the land surrounding it, including Greece, Turkey, Iraq, and many of its other neighboring countries. It seemed as though Rome would conquer the entire world, as it was the center of it, until it began to decline in 476 C.E. The very aspects that made it so successful were the ones that caused its collapse. Various political, religious, and economic reasons caused its downfall. The fact that the entire economy of Rome collapsed and money became worthless was a major reason for the empire’s collapse. In addition, the loss of a common religion and lack of efficient ruling in relation to its vast territory affected the empire. The Roman

    In the The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire ; author Edward Gibbon explains and analyzes the definitive history of the Roman empire from the end of its golden age to its final political and physical

In the later half of the fourth century the Western Roman Empire fell after nearly a five hundred years of dominance and is still widely considered the world’s greatest superpower (Andrews). Many people attribute the crumbling of the empire to multiple different reasons, like corrupt and insane leaders to overspending and inflation. As J.B Bury said once “the fall of the roman empire was a series of contingent events. In this paper we are going to cover the three main reasons. Political and Economical problems plus problems with the military(Wood).

The Roman Empire has had a lasting effect over a large majority of western society including its language, laws, and culture. Towards the end of the 5th century however, the great empire of Rome crumbled under the weight of its own might. After centuries of dominating the western world with its grasp spanning from Britain to Iraq, Rome’s influence inevitably come to a close. There are many different theories over the causes of Rome’s fall. The wastefulness of how Rome’s finances were managed proved to be the biggest factor to its demise.

The Roman Empire was at one point the envy of the ancient world. At it’s peak in 117 C.E, the empire spanned from western Europe to northern Africa, through the Mediterranean Sea and into western Asia. From about 27 B.C.E. to 476 C.E.. Rome was notorious for holding the name of the world’s greatest empire, as Ancient Rome oftentimes furnished civilians with essential necessities such as jobs, food, and spices. Moreover, forms of entertainment including, holding a plenitude of concerts and plays were provided to Roman citizens. However, this era of opulence quickly ceased and conflicts began to emerge through the empire. In turn, by 500 C.E. , the western half of the empire had begun to collapse, as did the eastern part of the empire after another thousand years. The three fundamental elements that justify the collapse of the Roman Empire include the economic and social problems, political instability, as well as the weakening frontiers the civilization had within.

Many anthropologists and historians have speculated about the different causes and effects of the fall of the Roman Empire. Some have even stated that Rome did not fall but instead, was merely transformed. However, there were many causes that did end this prodigious empire. Many seemingly small decisions made by powerful emperors over the course of just over a century lead to its destruction. In this paper it will be established that the Roman emperors, in an effort to save their political power, made adjustments to warfare/treaty practices and made political changes which over time lead to the inevitable collapse of the realm, this caused a drastic regression in the living standards of the Roman citizens, implying that the Empire did indeed collapse and not transform.

While the fall of the Roman Empire is well known, the exact causes of why it fell can be difficult to pinpoint. Many historians believe that Rome 's downfall was due to poor leadership, weakened economics, or perhaps a combination of the two along with other seemingly unrelated factors. However, there is a string of evidence suggesting that there were three main components that took place to bring about the fall of the Roman Empire. These determinant attributes did not happen all at once, and there was a domino effect with each one directly influencing the others. The fall of Rome occurred after a series of preventable events, including unacceptable emperors, the heavy reliance on slaves, and the increasingly uncontrollable borders of Rome.

During the late fourth century, West of the Empire in Rome collapsed after almost having practically five hundred years as the most powerful place in the world. People whom have studied the background of Rome are also known as historians, have believed that the debacle of Rome had consisted with diverse factors which included national disasters, taxation and military breakdown. Others disputed that Rome did not collapse in the fourth century considering that half of the east of Rome continued for thousands of years. This paper will analyze the factors that led to the destruction of the Empire.

The Roman Empire was a glorious civilization that lasted for a long period of time, and was two million square miles in size. It is mostly known because of how big and strong it was, but the Roman Empire could have held that title for a longer period of time. There were several entities that can be held responsible for the fall of Rome, such as Emperor Diocletian, the government and ethnic groups that were new to the empire. Unfortunately the extremely famous, big and strong empire started to fall gradually between 190 A.D. 410 A.D. due to three causes. The causes for the fall of the Roman Empire were the empire’s sheer size, racial weakening, and splitting of the empire into two.

Over the years, many historians have composed many accusations on the cause of the fall of the Roman Empire. Today, there is still not one completely accurate and definite indictment, but rather a variety of various theories. Rome was known as a particularly prosperous empire that advanced in technology, military, economics, political structure, social structure, religion, and plenty more. However, this paradise soon began to decline thanks to the account of civil wars, plague, economic collapse, and other devastating factors. The thriving home to many, would now begin to take a turn for the worst.

A little over 2000 years ago Rome was one of the most important cities in the world. With its many emperors and armies it had gained control of a vast area of modern Europe known as the Roman Empire. Historians have linked several factors which led to the demise of the

The fall of the Roman Empire was a historical process in which the Roman Empire became unstable, and the Western Roman Empire lost the ability to control its territory (Heather, 2005). This loss of monitoring was in the form of dwindling Empire resources and a weakened military. As the Western Roman Empire lost control, the territories were taken over by mainly by Barbarians who had increased their pressure on the Roman Empire even before its fall. This phenomenon which led to the failure of one of the world’s greatest civilization is a critical topic to historians and scholars alike who are now trying to use the fall of Rome to characterize modern-day failure of states. This text seeks to identify the time span of the fall, the reasons behind it and the events that happened after.

The Roman Empire could be believed as one of the greatest empire of the ancient time, and its expansion was considered unstoppable. However, in the fifth century, Rome finally lost its dominance in Europe, and the decline of Rome started. Decades before the “fall of Rome”, the boundaries of Rome were stretched from the northern England to the south side of Egypt, and from the coast of Africa to Spain, but things changed. “The fall of Rome” which people usually talking about actually refers to the fall of Western Rome, and the Eastern Rome still survived for another thousands years after the Western Rome collapsed, but sometimes the Eastern Rome is called the Byzantine Empire (Damen, 2013). The fall of Rome can be imputed to mainly six reasons: