The roman empire the economy system got weak. The economy system got weak because of the tribes and pirates outside of the empire disrupting the trade. Trying to expand to their limit, the romans had less of new sources like silver and gold. Extremely desperate for the new sources the government raised all of the taxes. They started to cheat people out of their silver and gold by putting less and less of silver and gold in their metal.
* I believe the event that actually triggered the revolt was the battle of Poitiers and Crecy. The peasants resented the noble’s failure to use them in the fight against the enemy and felt less fear of them as the knights lost prestige in the defeats. That is when all that anger from being demoted every time really built up and shot
These factors all upset the royalists and meant they had negative opinions of Clarendon which they were able to whisper in Charles’s ear when Clarendon wasn’t around and turn Charles’s more against Clarendon so it became easier to dismiss him and use him as a scapegoat later on. In terms of finance, Clarendon was also unsuccessful. He only managed to gain £1.2million a year for Charles which was too limited. He didn’t provide an adequate income and according to Farmer, ‘Finance was at the root of the troubles which toppled Clarendon’ which was because
The first main social group was he upper and ruling class (the wealthy few). This group consisted of the royal household of Herod, priestly families, chief priests, lay nobility, and those who owned most of the land. The second social group was the middle class who were professional, shopkeepers, and traders. The last social group were the improvised multitude who were the poor, sick and disabled, widows and orphans, and the uneducated. 2.
Also, many experts say that it fell because of the lack of heart the people had to the Empire, the rise of Christianity, it was too immense to govern and protect, the decline of the economy and jobs, the army being made up of mostly foreigners, and outside invaders. Thus, one can say that the Empire collapsed more internally than externally. The first reason why the Western Roman Empire fell was because the people that lived in it had a lack of heart in the Empire. People didn’t believe the Empire was worth saving anymore. As Strayer, Gatzke, and Harbison state in their textbook The Course of Civilization states “The basic trouble was that very few inhabitants of the empire believed that the old civilization was worth saving… the overwhelming majority of the population had been systematically excluded from political responsibilities.
The conquests strengthened Rome with the providing of new warriors and slaves to help stabilize the economy and the losses he had from the wars. But they also weakend the empire because of the amount of land he aquired would be hard to keep up with the rest of the empire. That and many of the Gauls he had under him still did not look kindly upon Rome. A revolt was likely. And because the Gauls were such a warring country/providence, they continuosly fought with one another.
Over time, their Republic became more of a oligarchy, then converted into a dictatorship. The expansion weakened the stability of the Roman government and it virtually collapsed. As the Empire grew, the gap between the rich and poor Romans became more pronounced. Before the expansion, the rich patricians tried to support the lower plebian
While on campaign in Sardinia, Caius’s army became under clothed during a harsh winter. Caius petitioned the Roman senate to collect a tax to clothe his army, but they refused. Seeing this as extremely unfair, upon returning Caius passed a law to clothe the Roman army through taxes. These men were drafted into service and fought and died for the name of Rome, yet the senate was so unkind as to leave them cold and unclothed. Not only was this an astute political move, it was also a necessary service provided to those who kept Rome safe.
However, the number of Plebeians (non-patrician members in Rome who sought refuge or were war captives) grew with time, and because they could own property, some became wealthy and wanted to be equal to the patricians. Tarquinius Priscus became the first king to introduce the plebeians as lesser people to the Rome Republic while the patricians maintained the honorable status of greater people. This marked the beginning of an end to class differences. Servius Tullius, another Etruscan king, saw that Rome would be more competitive and stronger than her enemies if the Plebeians paid taxes and served in the army, just like the patricians. Therefore, he divided the people in the Roman territory into districts and townships depending on location, with the four in the city called city tribes while in other in other parts called rural tribes, and all paid taxes and served in the military.
One reason is the emperors would appoint family and friends to positions with authority. This move would greatly corrupt the government. Second reason, Han expanded its territory too far to the point where it was too much to handle. So bureaucrats ruling towns far away from Han's capital could do anything they wanted. They would raise rent on peasants who didn’t have much which resulted in people going against authorities.