countryside. Subsequently, the number of trade has decreased: this has resulted in a tax increase, because the empire still needed as much money as before, if not more. But, the increase in taxes has resulted in lower revenues. At the same time, this led to an increase in poor inhabitants. To alleviate their plight and to ease their turmoil, the empire was systematically distributing food, money and medicine, thus making a new effort on the imperial budget, which was already heavy. The empire could not meet all the demands it faced, yet. The roman empire could not subsist without satisfying them.
Still, it's not enough to just deal with the expenses. Because they must now deal with the monetary inflation that is developing: the empire strikes more coins that contain less and less precious metal. Roman money is constantly devalued. Subsequently, Constantin tries to reduce inflation. To avoid the inconvenience of rising prices, the empire is led to collect taxes in any kind, to require chores to ensure the delivery of products to the armies, to Rome or Constantinople.
However, after Commodus, no emperor could stop the monetary chaos, the economy continued to fall. The value of money has decreased more and more. Even the edicts written by Diocletian and those of Constantine could not stop the economic deterioration of the Empire. Nevertheless, the economy is not the only reason for the fall of Rome. The once great and prestigious city of the Roman empire was no more than a symbol. Its decline was further accelerated in 324 when Constantine decided to build a new imperial capital in the East. At the same time, the tetrarchy that had been established Diocletian is quickly bankrupt.
Also, one of the causes of the fall of Rome is due to the civil wars, then the energy of the empire was used to supply and maintain its enormous bureaucracy, instead of dealing with the barbarians. At the same time, the Roman government became more autocratic than ever, towards its inhabitants. After the death of Alexander Severus, 352, the Empire sank into anarchy.
As time passed, it became harder and harder to contain the flow of barbarians. In 376, some Germanic tribes threatened the border of the Danube, others would follow later. The Visigoths, Suevi, and Vandals built their own kingdoms within the Empire. What the ravages of the last wars had spared was the prey of the invaders.
CONCLUSION
In this research, I explained the reasons that led to the fall of Rome.
I have introduced the origins of the Roman empire, for the sole purpose of gaining a better understanding of the reasons which led to the Lower Empire. Subsequently, I continued by explaining the political and social organization. Then I made a brief description of the Roman Empire, poets, the Roman army, trade and agriculture, trades, and so on. All this for the sole purpose of better demystifying the society of the Roman Empire and subsequently to better understand the origin of the causes of the fall of the Roman empire.
It is important to know that the Roman empire was not erased by its fall. In ancient times, the decline of an empire had often led not only to the collapse of its political edifice, but also the disappearance of its civilization, the extinction of its mode of life. The Roman empire, on the other hand, had ensured its cultural survival, long before the loss of its power, by romanizing the different parts of its extended Empire. The Roman empire had fallen, but Romanism continued. Today, 1500 years after the fall of Rome, its heritage is an integral part of Western
civilization.
COMMENT:
An oversight in the fall of the Empire, which is certainly fundamental, is the imbalance in the balance of trade between the West and the East, which leads to the deterioration of the public accounts and the exasperation of the people who are fleeing taxes.