How Did The Fall Of Rome

The Fall of Rome

I believe the splitting of the empire by Diocletian into two parts helped it survive for another 200 years because it separated Rome into two smaller parts allowing the halfs to develop on their own. In addition, it also made Rome easier to govern and allowing the West end to fall while the East survived and flourished. I also believe that the splitting led to more cultures developing including the language that dominated each part. This allowed both languages of Greek and Latin to exist until the crumbling of the West side which took Latin with it. If Rome had stayed together as one empire the large empire would have been too complex for one ruler to maintain on his own resulting in the early downfall of all of Rome. While, the Western end did crumble the Eastern stayed alive allowing the Roman empire to continue. However, this separation did have its negatives such as the Eastern half becoming more successful and wealthier than the Western.

In my opinion, the most serious of all the internal problems
The separation of the Western Empire from the wealthier Eastern part also served as a cause and the negative side of Diocletian’s separation reform. Another cause included German invasions by Barbarians (non-Romans) the overran Gaul and Spain (both part of Western) and North Africa. The Huns lead by Attila who were responsible for the Germanic assault became a direct threat to both half of the empire and were thankfully fought of in the Eastern half. In the Western half, famine and disease that led to Attila’s resulted in the Hans no longer being a threat but the Germanic invasions continued. Finally, the western half ultimately crumbled when the last Roman emperor who was a 14-year-old boy named Romulus Augustulus was driven out by Germans resulting in the western half disappearing because no one could “even pretend to rule