The causes for the fall of Rome can be divided into four categories: political, military, economic and social. Using the information you have read, identify one cause in each category and explain how it contributed to the decline of the Roman Empire. Military: Around the 4th century AD, the Roman military had become significantly feebler, mostly to the barbarians who had been attempting to breach Rome's borders for years. Soon, the barbarians began to gain access to the Western Empire on an even larger scale then before, first as minor groups of settlers and soldiers, but ultimately as entire tribes. They sensed military flaws and began to found small kingdoms, like Gaul, Spain.
This occurred sometime around 509 BC, and led to the creation of a new form of government called a republic.1 However, as the centuries passed, the republican dream slowly began to fade. Quite obviously, many things happened in the world of Rome that led to the eventual collapse of the Roman Republic. At around 133 BC, Rome was a republic. But less than a hundred years later, an emperor ruled it.1 An imperial system as a form of government was very different from the system that was envisioned by the Romans when they deposed the last king near the end of the 6th century BC. An imperial system was against everything Romans stood for.
History has shown that Rome fell because of the Roman army, foreign invasions, and disasters and diseases. One of the primary reasons for the fall of Rome was the Roman army. “Because of negligence and laziness”, they stopped having training drills, and they also got rid of their armour piece by piece. Since the soldiers rarely wore armour, breastplates and helmets began to seem heavy. This made the Romans prone to injuries and “because they have no armor, think about running and not fighting” (Document B).
Theodosius had divided the empire into the Eastern and Western Empires but upon his death, the treaty between the Visigoth’s and Rome was relinquished causing the Visigoths to rebel and invade Italy ("The Fall of the Roman Empire", n.d). In efforts to escape the Huns, various Germanic tribes (barbarians) kept moving through Rome and the Western Empire did not have an army that was able to stop them so the Barbarians overran Rome and plundered it for three days leaving the Empire’s material resources so depleted that there wasn’t really anything that could be done to save it ("The Fall of the Roman Empire", 2010). Soon after, Attila the Hun along with his 100,000 soldiers terrorized both empires, even though they plundered seventy cities in the Eastern Empire they were unable to get through the walls of Constantinople and while they were in the Western Empire famine and disease kept them from gaining victory ("The Fall of the Roman Empire",
* Even from the start it was clear that the Provisional Govermenet weren’t going to hold the authority. * Order Number One * Didn’t help that they weren’t elected body meaning they had no legitimate authority. – didn’t represent the people. * Did nothing to try and help end power from the soviets – sign already that they were weak and useless. However this was not the only problem that showed why they were so short-lived.
The government could not control all these invasions, so this was another component that helped the fall of the Roman Empire. Document 5 shows bias because it blames the fall of the civilization on internal decay. This is significant because if a very well organized government that had been able to keep order throughout such a large empire could no longer do it, then this meant nobody else could. All of these political
Another event that showed the decline of Ancient Rome was when the empire was split into two nations with two emperors. The main reason for the split was the geographical and political factors that was causing the empire to have some disturbances among their providences due to not having the emperor presented when they needed his guidance or advices on was needed. The emperor could not be at two places at once to take care of matter that requested his presence all the time and the many laws and rules were not follow by everyone in the empire due to the time it took to get the message around the whole empire. Plus in the past travels between the different parts of the empire use to take months to get around while now a leader has the technology and mode of transportations that make them possible to make decision and be present at different location that
Turning Points: Fall of Rome and Middle Ages In ancient history, just like today, there has been many changes throughout different countries. Some countries failed in maintaining the government, while others had economic problems, but Rome experienced both. By 400 AD, Rome was pretty much finished. It didn't only have economic problems and government instability, but they also had to deal with diseases, decrease in population, starvation, and military problems. The fall of Rome started off with the government, since the empire was too large, it was hard for them to govern effectively.
To kill or sacrifice oneself, even for a religious ideal, is wrong. It is a waste of life, and no one can tell what great things may have come from that person living, and even the religions people die for condemn that act. It is true that some people die a meaningful death. Marty’s throughout history have given their lives for a cause they believed in. However, even among martyrs a good death is rare, because a real martyr never means to die for their cause, but is willing to do so.
“Can you name one law that would keep guns out of the hands of criminals” (Webster)? Assault Weapons Ban: “Handguns are used in about 90% of all firearm murders” (Webster). No legitimate study in the U.S. has ever shown that gun control has any positive impact on crime. People want to believe gun control will reduce crime, but the truth is that gun control will never work. History has shown that gun control will never work.