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=﻿The Fall of the Roman Empire☺=

How the Roman Empire Declined
Rome was a great empire before it fell. Rome had a great military, huge territories, and many citizens who participated in a great government. The citizens were frivolous though. They cared more about their property than the empire. There was lots of poverty and starvation. All of these are reasons that Rome fell. Rome declined steadily and there are many theories why.

One theory is that Rome split apart, which made the empire weaker. One emperor thought that Rome would be stronger if there were two parts, East and West. He still ruled the East and 3 of his helpers ruled the West. This caused disagrements because the leaders had disagreements over taxes, military, and other things. This may have been why Germanic invaders from the north and east were able to cause disent an revolt throughout the Roman Empire. The invader caused border wars near the northeast border of Rome. These wars caused Roman citizens to try and protect there valuabls and lives. Many Romans moved closer to the center of the empire which made living near Rome unsanitary and crowded. The invaders were then able to cause great damage to farmlands and buildings. The split of Rome is one theory of why the great Roman Empire fell. The Roman Empire fell for many reasons. One reason the empire fell was that, ships were hijacked by pirates and thieves came in and took stuff. Trade also suffered. While the Romans were celebrating their 1,000 birhday, they were attacked. They were attacked twice before the empire was ended. First, they were attacked by the Goths and second which historians say was the end to the empire was the Vandals. The Goths wanted to move South so that the climate would help assist with their farming. The Romans also had another enemy which was the Huns. Some of the Visigoths were allowed to live in the Roman Empire as long as they protected the empire from the Huns and other enemy's. The Roman made them promise so that they would not try and attack them. In 455 A.D. Rome was attacked by the Vandals. There was a lot of damage done. The last emperor of the Western Empire was Romulus Augustulus and was removed by power by Odovacar leader of the Goths. After that, the Roman Empire lived for many years in the Eastern Empire ruling modern Greece, Turkey, the Middle East, and northern Egypt.

Something else that may have led to the Roman decline is the fact that there was poverty and starvation struck the empire at about the time of the Goths. Many people would do anything to survive which caused problems with the military and the government. The government was corrupted because many poor people would sell their vote to the highest bidder, so politics was primarily based on money. Many poor people also tryed to join the military, because people who served were payed. The government couldn't pay everyone so they taxed the citizens more than usual. This caused more poverty and the cycle went on.

There are many theories about the fall of Rome. Many people think Rome fell because it had many problems. Rome had many military problems. They didn't have enough people to pay taxes so they made people pay more money than usual. The Roman Empire split in half so they didn't have the same leader. Also, invaders from the north weakened the empire. Citizens were celebrating while there empire fell apart. The resources we used to write this page were found at these websites: [|rome.mrdonn.org] [|roman-colosseum.info] [|historylearningsite.co.uk] [|mars.wnec.edu] __ [|usd267.k12.ks.us] __ __ [|courses.moodleshare.com] __ __ [|jishka.com] __ __ [|socialstudiesforkids.com] __ __ [|brainpop.com] __ __ [|greek-islands.us] __

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