... been the causes of the decline of the Roman Empire? When discussing the causes of the fall of the Roman Empire one has to see that this occurred over many years and had many different facets. Each issue has to be addressed independently with the understanding that they simultaneously combined to the dissension within the Empire and the falling of the borders that had been established during its height. By the end of the second century AD, the empire encompassed most of the ... that inspired it. This loss of their original idealism and the abandonment of the workings of the republic were...

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... Sui and Tang dynasties. The Roman Empire however had a very unique outcome as the kingdom was divided in half. In the east, the area developed into the Byzantium Empire, which continued a peaceful state for approximately 1000 years after the fall of Rome and therefore preserving much of the classical culture through documentation and their material culture. In the west however, the region went into a dark decline - the Middle Ages. The peoples of the east were able to ... establish the Byzantium Empire because their land was ... ...

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