At first Rome was so big in territory that Romans started using coins, ~218 B.C.E, to make trade easier. As Rome’s expansion had come to an end, there were no new sources of precious metals, trade became more difficult. While trade was a little more difficult because of tribes and pirates disrupted trade, the government began to make coins with less and less gold and silver. At first people didn’t notice, but after a while they noticed and they began to increase the goods prices, making the empire's economy suffer from inflation. The consequence of this inflation was the raising of taxes that then led to serious problems in agriculture. Prices were so high that farmers did not wanted to work in farms, but in the city. Slavery, agriculture, trade, etc, were some things that were affected by the economy inflation. In conclusion, one of the factors that damaged Rome was the economic
At first Rome was so big in territory that Romans started using coins, ~218 B.C.E, to make trade easier. As Rome’s expansion had come to an end, there were no new sources of precious metals, trade became more difficult. While trade was a little more difficult because of tribes and pirates disrupted trade, the government began to make coins with less and less gold and silver. At first people didn’t notice, but after a while they noticed and they began to increase the goods prices, making the empire's economy suffer from inflation. The consequence of this inflation was the raising of taxes that then led to serious problems in agriculture. Prices were so high that farmers did not wanted to work in farms, but in the city. Slavery, agriculture, trade, etc, were some things that were affected by the economy inflation. In conclusion, one of the factors that damaged Rome was the economic