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The Roman Empire: The Tragic Fall Of Rome

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The once glorious Roman Empire slowly faded from riches to destitution. There were countless reasons for the tragic demise of the empire, but the most prevalent reason was the decline in political stability. In the absence of a stable government, there is chaos and stark division. We can see this in many societies in the past. Without a leader or group of officials to control and maintain order, the society ends up confused, and fighting occurs. They also would try to do things their own way, or they would all do nothing until their downfall. This was very evident in the Roman Empire due to the bad emperors who took charge and caused the political system to fail. One reason for the political decline was the bad decisions and mistrust of the bad emperors. First, high taxes were imposed, causing the wealth to deplete. Taxation, like the taxes imposed from Emperor Galerius (who ruled from 305-308 AD), caused Roman citizens to go bankrupt and forced them to move to the city which led to even more problems. Secondly, the decisions made by some of the emperors to expand the military was another reason for the fall of Rome. At first, expanding the …show more content…

The Roman Empire spread from Spain in the East, to Iraq in the West, and from England in the North, to Egypt in the South. Communication was extremely limited over the extensive empire, so it caused the emperor to lose contact with most of the people on the outskirts. Emperor Diocletian had an idea, that was good at the time, to split the empire in two, but it eventually led to division and opposing leaders. With the division and lack of control, rebellions occurred and the Senate became even more corrupt trying to accept bribes and gain control. To make things worse for the already crumbling empire, barbaric invaders took advantage of the weak government and they invaded and captured much of Rome’s

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