Morals and values were one of the most important factors that kept Rome prosperous, and without it, the empire itself would have crumbled. However, as years passed, Rome’s citizens began to lose their honorable edge. This caused the streets of large, influential cities to become dangerous and infested with crime. Additionally, because the emperors began to get lazy, much of the money used for defending Rome was wasted on lavish parties and coliseum bets. Because of this, many soldiers left the army, seeing as they were not getting paid anymore. Therefore, the government had to depend on other militia. This, in turn, left Roman borders open to attacks from invaders due to the lack of trained warriors, causing Western Rome to fall. Which is why
One of the biggest reasons Rome fell is because the military. The military started to become sluggish and weak. Since this happened soldiers fought the goths without any protection for their chests and heads (doc B.) This made it so soldiers were easily killed in battle by archers. Adding on to that Soldiers were exposed to wounds because they have no armour so they would think about running and not fighting (doc B.) Senators, bureaucrats, clergymen, cooks, bakers, and slaves all avoided the draft not giving enough people into to military (doc B.)
One important reason for the fall of Rome was natural disasters. In document F it shows that the population decreased from a million people to two hundred and fifty thousand because of the plague. This problem helps explain why Rome fell because it shows that thousands of people died, meaning there were less people. With less people in Rome many jobs are not being
Sallust, a highly regarded Roman historian, commented that “…fear of its enemies preserved the food morals of the state, but when the people were relived of this fear, the favourite vices of prosperity-licence and pride-appeared as a natural consequence”. This is corroborated by Florus, a criticized Roman historian and poet “The next hundred years were unhappy and deplorable because of internal calamities. The resources and wealth gained in our conquests spoiled the morals of the age and ruined the state, which was engulfed in its own vices as in a common sewer”. Both Sallust and Florus explain how Tiberius’ death caused the senate to resort to violence in order to keep their power. Consequently, the peace in Rome was disturbed and eventually led to the fall of Rome.
(MIP-1) After the fall of rome there were issues (SIP-A) Poverty was common throughout europe (STEWE-1) A lot of the people were poor- without the good roads the trade fell apart so people survived by farming for themselves and if the weather was bad then they would starve without the food (Richardson). (STEWE-2) People suffered from diseases- they heavily relied on herbal medicine and lots of hope to survive (Richardson). (SIP-B) Without military there was nobody to protect the land (STEWE-1)
Roman citizens had come to consideration that they, indeed, did have a poor government. The Roman government gave an unjust life to people based on their social rank (Document E). This led to the citizens not appreciating the government as well as the Empire. Most of the emperors in Rome were assassinated so it gives the citizens the intention that if you did not like the emperor you can just kill them (Document A).This tells the reader that it was hard to govern Rome because they constantly kept replacing emperors. Considering that Rome did not have a stable ruling system, citizens of Rome began to doubt and not depend on their government.
The economy of Rome was failing because trade and business had begun to fade. As stated in document 1 “Commerce had largely disappeared owing to the lack of customers, to piracy on the seas, and to insecurity of the roads on land.” Due to the lack of customers and the dangers of the road and the sea, there
Another reason Rome fell is because Rome grew too large. Rome included so many different lands and people, it started to add even more problems for Rome's economy. When Rome's expansion slowed, other conquered lands and people couldn't be part of the Empire, making them not under Rome's control. When the Emperor tried so solve the problem by raising taxes, normal living citizens couldn't pay for them and became poor. Soon Rome became too big and couldn't pay for itself, so when it couldn't pay for itself, it couldn't control itself.
So the invaders can easily attack Rome without dying. The Romans were also getting lazier so they didn't protect their city.
This shows that one of the main reasons that led to the fall of the Roman empire was because of their financial strains. Because of this, they weren’t able to recruit people to fight for them in wars, which overtime caused them to lose wars.
The disloyalty from the military resulted in attacks on established governments by soldiers while distrust in the government among people led them to take matters into their own hands. The military instability influenced the fall of the Roman
They faced the problem of paying for its own large army, the government was in need of money, Romans had no jobs, the Romans were becoming ever penniless even as their armies were taking over the world, and by 100 B.C., Rome had come to be alienated. Some reasons for the fall of Rome were barbarian invasions, a rise in Christianity, inferior technology, immoderate military spending, a decline in morals and values, unemployment, inflation, political corruption, environmental and public health problems, and urban decay. most
In conclusion, the debilitate Roman army is a theory that is one of the top three reasons for the fall of
So because of the Roman soldier being replaced by German mercenaries and the stoppage of expansion the Roman military lost its power. When the invasions of the western tribes came and destroyed Rome, there was nothing they could
This was due to the lack of military trust and discipline. According to Document 6, “Troops, defenseless and exposed to all the weapons of the enemy, are more disposed to fly than fight,” representing how the military is disorganized and unprepared. Also stated in Document 8, “ the vigor of the military government was relaxed, and finally dissolved, by the partial institutions of the Constantine, and the Roman world was overwhelmed by a deluge of Barbarians,” shows how unorganization of the military resulted in the frequent loss of battles, impacting the Roman Empire as a hole. In conclusion, the constant loss of battle, resulting in the fall of Rome, was due to the lack of organization in the
While that was happening a civil war was going on. The military was in bad shape and was interfering with the politics. The three Major causes of the the Fall of Rome were Economic Problems, Socico-Politcal problems, and external invasions that lead to the country not being able to protect itself. Economically