The Roman Empire left a lasting impression on future civilizations due to its powerful military and political structure. Despite its early success‚ however‚ the empire fell into economic decline. But if the civilization was so powerful‚ why did it crumble by 476 AD? Many factors contributed to the empire’s demise‚ but historians routinely cite slavery and the spread of Christianity as the main factors. Some historians argue that the empire’s overreliance on slave labor collapsed the civilization;
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The cause of the Roman Empire’s demise is an ongoing debate in academia. Some scholars claim that Rome fell in a matter of 70 years. While it is true that the western half of the Empire was overrun in the better part of the fifth century CE‚ there was more to the Roman Empire and its collapse than that. Rome was weakened by political turmoil and unmanageable expansion‚ which lead to its division into an Eastern and a Western Roman empires. While the Eastern Empire prospered‚ the Western Empire struggled
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The Roman Empire existed for nearly 1‚000 years. Beginning in the 6th century BCE‚ Rome began to take root. Over the next several hundred years‚ it spread its boarders and influence throughout the rim of the Mediterranean and Western Europe. However‚ the empire collapsed in 476 CE. How did this happen? Why did such an influential giant fall? Well‚ despite Rome’s great power‚ it had several internal faults that‚ when combined‚ lead to its eventual collapse. The first reason for Rome’s fall was the
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Rome was an empire built as if it was destined to last until the end of existence. Its borders spanned across mountains to deserts and even engulfed the Mediterranean Sea at one point. The Romans had strong armies‚ cultural influence‚ and great leaders skilled in military and political tactics. However‚ as Rome increased in size‚ it started to become more unstable. Rome eventually fell as an empire for many reasons which include religion‚ war‚ political and economic problems. The success
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that it became an “Empire”. From 27 B.C. to 476 A.D.‚ it was difficult for one person to rule the entire Roman Empire. Roman citizens wasn’t being rule the right way‚ so they began to have problems in the entire Empire. Some of these problems made the fall of Rome occur. The Roman Empire was brought down‚ because of a combination of political popularity contests‚ economic inflation and social entertainment. This factors are the principal reasons for the fall of the Roman Empire. One of the factors
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History What caused The Fall Of The Roman Empire? By : Ileri Akinosun To a small extent the Barbarian invasion played a factor in the collapse of Rome but the main reasons why Rome collapsed was because of the political factors‚ economic causes and Christianity. There was lack of organization in the Roman government. The Roman government was made for small city-states and not for a huge empire of that of Rome‚ which made it very difficult and hard to control and rule over. The Emperors did not
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The fall of the Roman Empire was inevitable by A.D. 476. Christianity had weakened the bonds that had held it together‚ the people became corrupt‚ and it got too big. It was also because of the barbarian attacks. All empires eventually fall and Rome’s time had come to an end. When discussing the causes of the fall of the Roman Empire one has to see that this occurred over many years and had many different facets. Each issue has to be addressed independently with the understanding that they simultaneously
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Describe and accout for the decline and fall of the Roman Empire in the West from AD 198 to AD 476 Supervisor’s grade: A B C D Supervisor’s comments: In this paper I have chosen to describe and account for the decline and fall of the Roman Empire in the West from A.D. 198 to A.D. 476. I will present some of the most significant
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inferences about the reasons of the fall of the Western Roman Empire. After reading selections from a number of writings on this topic‚ it is somewhat clear what the main reasons for the fall of the Roman Empire were. The vast majority of the people in those times believed that the old civilization was not worth saving‚ and that contributed to the fall of the empire‚ according to Gatzke from what he wrote in a textbook. Another more arguable reason for the fall of the empire is that it was simply too big
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Rough Draft At its height‚ the Roman Empire was the most advanced technically and politically western civilization of its era. Even though the Romans had a very sophisticated government‚ many emperors were assassinated. However‚ it was not a war or assassinations that led to its fall‚ it was a decline in morals and values. The Roman Empire was around for roughly 500 years‚ and some might say that the United States of America is an empire similar to Rome. Whether you believe this or not‚ the U.S
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