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.
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",
POPE LEO THE GREAT AND ATTILA THE HUN. The Western Roman Empire of the 5th century A.D. was only a reminiscence of the Empire former greatness. Corruption filled the government, which taxed its citizens so heavily that some fled beyond the Empire’s borders to live among the “barbarians.” Rome’s economy was wracked by the gradual loss of their conquered territories. The use of mercenaries had debilitated the once-invincible Roman Army. Rome sought peace through gold rather than by military might, paying some of the barbarian leaders to remains outside the Empire’s borders.
Otho had sent his troops to late and his army suffered a horrible defeat. When he heard of this defeat ,he killed himself .Otho had reigned for barely 95 days.Aelius Vitellius was the next emperor. He abandoned himself to exaggeration and all but ignored the troops who had given him the throne. Also, upon hearing that the troops of his rival ,Vespasian, were approaching Rome Vitellius begged the senate to allow him to leave the throne and live as a private citizen so he could be
One in particular that really hit the Germans hard towards the would be end of WWII was the Battle of Stalingrad. During the Battle of Stalingrad Hitler’s stubbornness and hatred for Stalin served against him causing him to lose a huge portion of his army and forced him to abandon his eastern offensive. The Russian counterattack on the over ambitious German offensive at The Battle of Stalingrad trapped a bulk of the German offensive. This caused the death of about 350,000 German soldiers which was a huge blow to their army. This misstep by the Germans resulted in the destruction of German supply lines leading towards Stalingrad, leaving the Germans with no military support or food.
It was hard for him to talk without crying. War has been waged on the Roman Empire. Who would believe that Rome would fall, the city that was built on the conquering the whole world. Gregory who served as a reformer of the medevil church as Pope Gregory , said that there is nothing but sorrow and all around is the sounds of groan’s Cities were destroyed, No man is left in the fields, no people are in the cities. Men are captured and led away, others are mutilated right before our eyes.
The last reason that caused Rome to fall was the rulers. According to Document A, there were twenty-two rulers just during a fifty-year period, from 235 CE to 285 CE. Because there was a frequent change in rulers, the empire was instable, which was violent to the leadership. The empire could easily be conquered. Also, on the Background Essay, it said that the rulers became too worldly and lazy.
Napoleon then had a son named Napoleon II nicknamed the King of Rome. Napoleon then went for Russia trying to attack Moscow; the Russians used a tactic called Scorched Earth. The Russians burned everything on the road to Moscow and half of Moscow leaving Napoleons men to starve and freeze to death in the harsh winter. With Napoleons prize of Moscow being burned he left Russia only to be followed, have most of his men killed, and soon losing all his territories. Napoleon exiled himself and stepped down from power.
The Depression started with the market crash of 1929. Unemployment was on a rise, businesses were failing. The reason of that is because the stock market was doing badly, there were overproduction and a crash which is stock prices go down. Many people lost their jobs and those that were still working had to take major pay cuts, and people who were trying to get a job couldn't because the employees couldn't pay them.
When this all ended, prices on good went up causing a grain shortage. To try and stop this, Rome became split between the populares and the optimates. Populares gained the support of the people while the optimates wanted to save the Republic and keep power in the Senate (129). This split created Civil Wars in Rome in 123 to 46 BC. The confrontation arose with the question of how to protect the people from those desiring power.