Every civilization relies on a good economy for it to survive. When Rome was at its most prosperous it had a successful economy with coinage made out of pure silver that filled all of the cit

The Honestoires consisted of the Emperor, priests, landlords, officials, civil servants and some big families. The Humiliores consisted of everyone else. The groups had different functions, privileges, rights, punishments and incomes. This made the Empire very unstable and set a perfect environment for an invasion.

Without anyone left in the Empire to conscript they traveled out of the Empire to the Barbarians looking for their help. In the beginning only a few joined, they were Romanized and they separated them throughout the army to keep them from rebelling. Gradually there began to be too many Barbarians in the army. With these untrained soldiers enlisting in the organization it fell apart and the chaos began. Without the necessary training and discipline their famous combat methods disappeared. One Roman General described the Barbarians to be undisciplined. Saying that they don’t stay at their posts they loot and cause confusion. He said that they were inhuman and vicious; that they were thoroughly unmilitary, being discouraged by any little set back and that they couldn’t follow the simplest plan . With all these set backs the military had no chance of defeating anyone. The Barbarians had overrun the once fearless and mighty Roman army and turned it into a disorganized mess. With the army so delicate they were welcoming an invasion.

By the 2nd century the Empire of Rome had expanded to great heights that no one could have ever expected. With such a skillful army they had captured all of the lands around the Mediterranean Sea including the northern part of Africa. They conquered the North as well including Gaul and farther. This much land was a lot to look after for one Emperor. So in 284 AD the Emperor of the time, Diocletion decided it was time to divide the Empire. He split the Empire into two sections, east and west with an Emperor to rule sides. He then divided the east and west again creating 4 prefectures, which he then appointed a Caesar to rule each of those. Diocletion ruled the entire east and the two Caesars reported to him, while the other elected Emperor Maximian ruled the West with his two Caesar under him. For a while this had succeeded to settle some of the confusion of ruling a larger Empire but it also caused a lot of other problems. Rome was no longer a dictatorship, decisions were harder to make being that both of the Emperors had to agree and this caused a lot of animosity between rulers.

By the end of the 4th century the Empire was divided into 2 distinct classes:

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