The citizens of Rome were driven to poverty due to tax collections and this meant that they were not even able to take care of themselves. There are also some differences involved with the decline of these empires. One difference is the military. The Roman military was very strong and it could do whatever it wanted. Because of this, the Roman military acted as the controller of the empire, instead of the actual government.
The Republic had a lot of failures such as the senates not able to agree with each other, which slowed them to respond and provide the needs of the people. The officials that were appointed by the senates that only stay for two years led the military. It negatively impacts the military because the leaders lacked of experience. The government also became more corrupt because of their desire for power and wealth. Lastly, the gap between the rich and the poor expanded and the rights of the plebeians were limited.
The government was not designed to rule a large, polyglot empire and reform came too late. The government became increasingly run by the rich and the military. Citizens lost interest in
Rome had a lot of great rulers like Julius Ceaser or Augustus. But, they also had crazy rulers such as Commodus or Caligula. Well Caligula was mentally unstable due to inbreeding in the family and On October 37 A.D., Caligula fell seriously ill. He recovered from his illness soon thereafter, but many believed that the young emperor had changed into a diabolical mind as he started to
peaked at 60 million and fell to 45 million by 600 C.E. Though also invaded by Hun tribes, a more influential cause of the decline of Han China came from corruption in the government impacted all Chinese citizens. As emperors became weak in will and power, military generals drew more power. Peasants grew angry with taxes unpaid be corrupted officials, and in 184 C.E., a group known as the Yellow Turban rebellion confronted Han government. Even after its fall, the Roman Empire maintained an influence over future civilizations.
So the social groups were formed by what class they were in. Resulting in different political parties being formed. From WW1 Nicholas lost many supporters. Because he left the homefront there was very poor organization for the women and children back home. The prices had risen so much that transport was limited, so not much food could reach Petrograd before it was rotting.
One third of the total output was going to the military. It was economically impossible for the Soviet Union to increase the share of its output going to the military. The problems all consisted of poor housing, alcoholism, drug abuse, and pollution. All of these things eroded the communist party's social power base. The Gorbackev's attempts were not good enough to get the countries sluggish economy back on track.
Unfortunately, it was not long before the Directory began to abuse its power, the Directory was dependent on the army, and many believed that the Directory was unable to fend for itself but relied on other people for example the army. The supply of the Army was taken out of the hands of the Directory and given to private contractors, who made large fortunes through payoffs that highlighted the regime's tolerance of corruption. The Directory was also involved with financial difficulties and public dissatisfaction was an obvious result, and the next elections would have the lowest turnout of any during the Revolution. The Directory wasn’t stable as there were divisions within the Directory for example Sieyes planning the coup. Sieyes a member of the directory planned the military coup more
A balance of trade deficit began to occur. The cost of government, including the military and welfare, became burdensome.Class economic warfare broke out between the rich and poor.Parts of the empire were not taxed whileothers were overtaxed. The small farm all but disappeared. D. Political Causes.The Romans never really solved the problem of succession. The government was not designed to rule a large,polyglot empire and reform came too late.
With no stable government in place the new countries and people struggled for over 40 years through wars and dictatorships. Due to the many different cultural and ethnicities involved it was difficult gaining cooperation to build stable governments. With the impact of apartheid still being felt the equality of jobs and land ownership was still a concern. As a country made money from their resources it did not evenly benefit all the people financially of that country. Corruption and abuse of power was common from inexperienced leaders.