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Question: How did the Roman Empire Fall!?
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The Roman empire declined for many reasons mainly economically and military wise, partly politically!. These are ALL very important reasons and it is likely Roman rule could have continued if not for one another!.

1!. The senate became very corrupt and Emperor Constantine the I divided the empire into two halves!. He declared Constantinople the new capital of Roman society, claiming rule over all Eastern provinces!. The Western Roman Empire lost its power over towns in the East, causing a great reduction in profits from the treasury and weakening them dramatically in warfare!. Now their strength had been dwindled!.

2!. Barbaric hordes of fearsome warriors gathered in the North/East of Europe in large groups, slowly gaining huge power and influence (Franks, Vandals, Goths, Huns)

3!. By 300 AD the majority of the Roman army was comprised of barbarian trained soldiers- much less effective than the superior infantry that Rome had in previous centuries!. This made the battles against enemies very difficult, Rome no longer had a firm grip or control over military situations!.

4!. Well at least Rome still had new recruits enlisting!.!.!.!.Not!

Another problem was that many of the Roman citizens who were expected to enlist in the legions refused and sneakily signed their slaves in their position!. As you can imagine, the new forces were very sluggish, had low morale, didn't fight with courage and really, they couldn't care less about the development of Rome, after all they were servants to them!

5!. Ok, Rome's been run down a lot in warfare!.!. but we can still rely on the older, more experienced troops to back us up, right!?

Unfortunately for the Romans, many of the men who had gallantly served their nation years ago had retired to esates or farms and simply did not want to be bothered in government affairs!.

6!. Finally, Rome depended on its empire for funds, (farming practices and mining) it became very poor and had trouble coping economically!. Rome had nothing to trade, and couldn't stabilise itself!. In any war you need money to be victorious!.

7!. The deciding factor!. All this pressure was to much for Rome to handle, it had struggled endlessly with immense problems for 50 years!. Alaric, leader of the Visigoths sacks Rome in 410 AD!. Later, Rome is spared from being pillaged again - Attila the hun, another barbaric warlord decides to retire his reign in 452 AD but destroys many cities in Italy!. But this made little difference at all because 3 years after Rome is looted by Geiseric, King of the Vandals!. So Rome itself endured a lot of economic damage and infrastructure demolishment!. In 476 AD the last Roman Emperor is deposed, officially ending Western Roman rule!.

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There are many reasons and not enough space to put it all down!.!.

One of the most interesting but not exclusive reasons was the roman baths!. The Baths were lined with lead and were reserved for high ranking people!. Naturally lead baths aren't very good for your health and many people were mysteriously dying!. I was reading about this the other day and thought it was quite interesting!.

Otherwise as they were expanding they needed a larger army to defend the empire!. There were more groups fighting against the empire as they expanded!. So they became too large to defend themselves!.

Then there was the financial burden of expansion!. also their economy suffered from inflation when they stopped conquering new land!. Unemployment was high!. The peoples health suffered!.

In the end Germatic forces overthrowed Roman land in Greece and the Roman began to pull back!.

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It didn't fall!
It stumbled, fell over, got back up again, split in 2, one half (the West) got sick and almost died before coming back in a different form (The Holy Roman Empire) and the other half went on until the Fall of Constantinople in the 15th Century!.!.!.So as you can see - it really isn't that simple!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

This is WAY too complicated to answer here!. I'll just say it was through a combination of internal corruption and decay, and outside influences such as Barbarian invasions and the division of the Empire into Eastern and Western halfs!. MANY variables were behind the decline and collapse of Rome!.

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