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The Fall of the Roman Empire

             The history of ancient Rome is a tale of just how a small community of shepherds in central Italy was able to grow to the point that it became known as one of the grandest empires in history-and then collapsed. The old analogy that states what goes up must come down is more then pertinent when dealing with the Roman Empire. The larger they are the greater they fall, is also extremely relevant when examining the Roman Empire. .
             The Middle East was conquered by the Romans in 30 B.C. At its peak, in the A.D. 100", the Roman Empire covered much of the Middle East, about half of Europe, and the north coast of Africa. It was at about this time that the empire began to collapse. One theory for what caused the fall of the Roman Empire is that it was too large in size for the Rome to govern. Simply the shear magnitude of the land that was governed by Rome is startling in its extent. Ranging over the area surrounding the Mediterranean Sea it is not difficult to realize that there would have been difficulties governing the area in its entirety.
             A common misconception about the Roman Empire is that the people under it were subjugated and beaten into submission. There is much legitimacy behind that statement, but there is also more to it than just that preconceived notion. The truth of the matter is that the throngs of people who lived in the Roman Empire followed many customs and religions. The people of the land also spoke in many different languages. A common system of law and government was what bound the Roman Empire together. .
             Even with all of the freedoms that the people were permitted to use and access there still were problems with the system. The fact that many of the borders were left relatively unguarded from enemy attack made it more susceptible and appealing to enemies. It was actually the location of the Middle East that helped to keep them out of harms way after the empire split in 330 B.


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... in their path to move west out of fear. Finally, The Roman army was already too weak and could no longer hold back the Germanic people and the Roman Empire began losing territory to them. In 476 A.D, or the date known as the fall of the Roman Empire, a Germanic leader pushed out the last emperor in Rome. This was the official end. Altogether there are many factors that led to the fall of the Roman Empire. There was no single reason that ... could be named for this event because of the numerous problems that the empire faced. The internal factors greatly weakened the empire and the exter...

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... say that that Rome's allies were responsible for the fall. This would mark the change from the medieval period to the modern period. At first this was not a big deal but when the Italians became interested in it ended up a great thing in the world. The Roman Empire was a great change in the world. People want to know why it fell. Some blame the attacks on neighboring barbarians. One historian says that ... to back their army. They people did not have to pay many taxes and the economy started to fall. The system became out of control. All of the people's money went to the churches for ne...

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... fight for the glory of the empire, there was no longer any imperial glory. They were fighting for low wages that weren't worth a death. (Heitman "About the fall of the Roman Empire") All of these things may not have lead to the complete collapse of the Roman Empire if it weren't for the other surrounding circumstances. Many economic circumstances also contributed to the eventual downfall of the Roman Empire. "Rome became perhaps, too good" (Heitman "About the fall of the Roman Empire") Many of the more affluent members of Roman society exercised ... excessive extravagance and luxury, th...

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... get by and relying on their own resources and abilities, which would be the precursor to the rise of Christianity (Duran). This lack of faith helped Christianity spread after the fall of the empire. Having no one to depend on anymore except God, the Roman population replaced the polytheistic Roman religion, which established the divine rights of the emperor. This shifted focus from the Roman state to a new society based around Christianity. Rome had expanded so much across ... Europe that it could no longer effectively enforce its laws. The Roman officials decided on an ... ...

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... severe decline. Soon after another war began with the Persian invasion of the East in the 7th century, immediately followed by the Muslim conquests. The disruption of the Roman Empire by the Germanic invasions, left Europe in a very primitive state. The collapse brought about the fall of great cities, deterioration of transportation, the ruin of the Mediterranean trade, and the loss of European unity. The Empire in the west had been replaced by the Ostrogoth's in Italy, the Visigoths in Spain, several Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in ... Britain and a Frankish kingdom in Gaul. The eastern part o...

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