Rome: The Fall Of The Byzantine Empire

One of the longest lasting empires in history is the Roman empire, lasting for 507 years. Rome itself was founded and gained power before it was an empire, lasting for another 500 years and continuing on as the Byzantine empire. This essay will include how Rome became a republic and its rise. It will also include how the republic fell and the empire rose and how it fell. The Romans were not always always an empire. At first, they were a republic. For years they were a bunch of scattered tribes that were ruled over by the Etruscans. In 509 BCE the Etruscans came in and over through the last of the seven kings of Rome, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus. The stories say that the first 6 emperors of Rome were very kind rulers and the 7th and last emperor
One theory is that it was the plague. This theory states that because of the plague killing off 1/10 of the population, the armies had to get help from non-romans and this caused the armies to forget the Roman values. This caused them to not fight for Rome, but the commanders and eventually this would be the end of Rome. Another theory states that Rome was invaded by Barbaric tribes. The barbaric tribes would eventually kill Romulus Augustulus, the last emperor, and this cause no emperor to ever rule in Rome causing it to fall. Another factor in the fall of Rome is because their empire got too big and caused it to be harder to control and keep. This caused the leaders to lose control and have their territories to be taken over. They had to take over so much land because they promised it to the people who joined the legions and fought for rome. When Rome started to let outsiders into their civilizations, Rome started to lose their values. This happened because the outsiders didn’t care about Rome and didn’t have the same values as Roman citizens and this cause the decline of the Roman values and in turn the Roman empire. Another reason the roman values started to decline is because of christianity. Christianity was all about loving each other and not fighting each other. This may have discouraged people from joining the legions and the people in the legions to not fight as hard. The legions of Rome also started to weaken, causing them to not be as effective in protection of the empire. The weakening of the legions may have been caused because they had to protect so much land that the roman empire controlled. (8 reasons why Rome