The Roman Empire was one of the most powerful empires in the history of mankind. In fact, it may even be considered the most powerful empire to have ever existed. However, the mighty empire of Rome has fallen. There are many events which many scholars and historians believe have lead to the fall of this great empire. One of the most obvious reasons for the fall of the Roman Empire is that it had "over-extended itself too far away from the base" (Malcolm).
1 Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire Elizabeth Kelsey Tuller ITCS 101 05-08-2011 2 The first multinational corporation was Rome; there are many lessons to learn from the rise and fall of Rome (Bing, 2006). There were three Punic wars that invaded Rome over years of dreadful rage. Carthage was a Phoenician colony, also known as “Poenus” (Bing, 2006). A corporation named Carthage was a big problem and won a lot of wars in Rome. The Roman Empire had many troubled relations during its time of becoming an empire.
During the 3rd Century AD Britain had been a part of the Roman Empire (for more than two hundred years )and was ‘tightly bound into the political, military, economic and social meshes that held the empire together’ (Cleary, 1989). Any problems that affected the Empire also affected Britain (as it was now a big part of the Empire) and had been for some time therefore events elsewhere could have huge impacts on the province and its people. In the ensuing years the Empire suffered. The prelude to the major military changes that were to take place in Britain during the third and fourth centuries was that of the 'third-century crisis'. The ‘third-century crises’ was a period of time in which the Roman Empire was in grave peril of becoming something of the past and cease to exist.
Though the Italians had a victory at Vittorio Veneto in 1918, the psychological impact of Caporetto was huge. The retreat brought shame and humiliation to Italy. By the end of the war in 1918, 600,000 Italians were dead, 950,000 were wounded and 250,000 were crippled for life. The war cost more than the government had spent in the previous 50 years – and Italy had only been in the war three years. By 1918, the country was hit by very high inflation and unemployment was high.
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Republic The disintegration of the Roman Republic is the first example in European history of the collapse of a constitutional system. The fall of the Republic, which occurred from 133 until 31 B.C.E., was more than a single man event. It was a result of several individual actions or achievements, coupled with social conditions that weighed heavily on Roman society. Additionally, massive and rapid expansion from Rome's foundation as a booming city 700 years earlier until the mid 1st century B.C., created monumental holes in the political and governing ability of the Senate. Periods of stability were mixed in with those of near collapse, while powerful generals or inciters of the Roman mob jockeyed for position.
America: falling apart at the hinges, literally. America has had the leading transportation, electrical, and sewer systems in the world for decades. But with economic poverty and an aging system burdening us. Along with a growing, more demanding population. What will America do?
Emperor Constantine had divided the empire into two halves. He declared Constantinople the new capital of Roman society, claiming rule over all Eastern provinces. The Western Roman Empire’s economy went into decline, and lost its power over towns in the East, causing a great reduction in profits from the treasury and weakening them dramatically in warfare. Due to the large decline, the western halves’ strength had been dwindled. The Roman Empire's collapse was the geographical extent of its own expansion.
The Ottoman Empire was one of the greatest and most powerful civilizations, reaching the height of its power, in the 16th and 17th century. The empire had controlled areas in three continents and had 29 provinces in total. After Suleyman the Magnificent, the Ottoman Empire had a series of weak rulers, an inactive economy, and the belief conservatism stopped this Empire from developing even more. These factors caused the waning of the Empire, however, the decline of the Ottoman Empire was also caused by Nationalism and rebels in the Balkans; the New Ottomans and Young Turks that tried to bring the Empire to become what it was at the 16th and 17 century; the German Intervention, and lastly, the Balkan Wars. These factors all contributed to the fall of the Empire and with the pressure of change that the people had to go through.
The Roman Empire began to slowly decline in the 3rd century AD, one of the main causes of Rome's early decline was a series of plagues, most notably the Plague of Cyprian, which decimated the population of the Empire, making it harder for Roman Emperors to levy armies and raise taxes. Diocletian became Emperor in 284 AD, he saw the vast empire as ungovernable and split it in half, creating two equal emperors to rule each. Under various subsequent rulers, the Eastern and Western Roman Empire were reunited into a single entity. Theodosius I was the last Roman Emperor who ruled over a unified Roman Empire, upon his death in 395 AD, the Roman Empire was permanently divided, the Eastern Roman Empire would be governed from Constantinople, whilst the Western Roman Empire was governed intermittently between Rome, Mediolanum (Milan) , and Ravenna. (See map 1) In the 4th and 5th Centuries AD, nomadic peoples from Central Asia began to migrate out from their homeland and cause considerable havoc all over the Eurasian Continent.
They Byzantine Empire lasted for more than 1,000 years. In those 1,000 years they affected the world so much, but they never got the credit they deserved. The Byzantine Empire lasted from 330 to 1453. The empire was taken over by Turks in 1453, ending the Byzantine Empire. Today, it’s located in Istanbul Turkey.