The empire was split due to Diocletian feeling that it was too large to administrate. ... During the 450's Vandals devastated immense wheat fields that fed the Roman people, causing many of them to be unable to feed themselves and their families. ... This led to many people selling both themselves and their families into slavery. ...
After the Iberians settled, the Celts moved in, and from the two merging types of people arose the Celt Iberians whom split up and formed many individual tribes, which were called the Cantabarians, the Asurians, and the Lusitanians. ... The noble clan of the Witza family at the beginning of the 8th century took over the Visigoth kingdom. ...
Political Causes Under the rule of Diocletian and later Constantine the empire was split into Western and Eastern parts of Rome. ... Rome was slowly falling; the only thing that was still sort of keeping the empire together were the wealthy nobles who were making money by forcing the peasants work for them for very little pay but the peasants needed money to feed their families so they worked more hours of the day to compensate for the lack of the low pay. ... Economical Causes The people could hardly support themselves and their families with the tremendous taxes, inflation, and bad...
Under the rule of Diocletian and later Constantine, the empire was split into Western and Eastern parts of Rome. ... Rome was slowly falling, the only thing that was still kind of keeping the empire together were the rich nobles who were making money by making the peasants work for them for very little pay but these peasants needed money to feed their families so they worked. ... The people could hardly support themselves and their families with the tremendous taxes, inflation, and bad harvests which developed over time. ...
