One of the reasons for the fall of the Western Roman Empire were political problems. There were several emperors that were unfit to rule‚ they were cruel to the people and greedy. The emperors usually inherited the throne‚ but did not have any knowledge on how to rule and their mentally unstable personality did not help. People asked the Praetorian Guard to assassinate the emperor in exchange for money or a position. When the emperor was assassinated there was no system to replace the him. Civil
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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 that led to the fall of the Roman empire were the political popularity
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The Roman Empire influence had spread to most of Europe and Africa. The empire and rule of the Romans were so powerful that it influences geography and politics today but had also been influenced by Greeks‚ Carthaginians‚ and Etruscans in that time. Because of geography and the role it played towards Rome’s early rise to power is often left out and unnoticed‚ people forget the reasoning behind the many advantages came to Rome due to its location and the advantages helped Rome to grow and help overshadow
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plumed helmet‚ and a short sword. Because of their large shields and short swords they would often get close to their opponent and deliver a deadly stab. They were from an Italic tribe in Campania‚ and had previously fought three wars against the Romans. The Hoplomachus‚ which stands for “armed fighter” in Greek‚ adorned quilted leg wraps‚ a belt‚ a loin cloth‚ and long shin guards on both legs‚ and a brimmed helmet. The weapons they had were a small round shield‚ a gladius‚ and a sharp dagger for
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The Western Roman Empire may be considered one of the strongest empires known to man. They had great technology and they were very strong and their army was massive‚ but later the Western Roman Empire started to crumble because of political problems‚ economic issues‚ diseases and foreign invaders. The Western Roman Empire started to crumble because of political problems. There were only five good emperors in the Western Roman Empire‚ yes only five good emperors. Some of the empires in Western
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The ancient Roman empire faced many difficult times‚ however this was one of the worst. First of all the problems with the Republic started when the Roman’s added more territory. Mainly because rich citizens just kept getting richer. In fact‚ because of this‚ leaders feared that violence would arise between the rich and the poor. The first leaders to address this problem were brothers named Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus‚ they held the Tribunes political office. The first brother Tiberius took
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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 era just after the Roman republic became healthy and organized‚ is characterized by the need of clarification of dominance between two supreme powers. These powers were the Romans and the Carthaginians. Rome and Carthage according to Morey (1901) became the two great powers in the Mediterranean area by 265 B.C.‚ each for different reasons. They did not want to share the power and thus the conflict was inevitable. The years that followed were a power contest until the strongest conquered all.
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Polybius’ The Histories describes the merits of the Roman Empire‚ specifically their constitutional government‚ compared to the Ancient Greek governmental systems. These merits include combining the best parts of each form of Greek government‚ maintaining a stalwart government system that follows the rule of law‚ and the positions of government that spread power enough to keep from corrupting it. Despite this‚ there is corruption within the Roman government‚ but not so much that the ideals and laws
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The Roman Empire and Persian Empire were some of the greatest civilizations of all time. There were many similarities in how these civilizations rose to power and how they fell from it. Among these were the over-expansion of territory which led to many problems that built up to their downfall and a similar political system that made local rebellions minimal. However the way in which these civilizations chose to try and correct their flaws is quite different. One of the biggest factors
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