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The Decline of the Roman Empire


There are alot of reasons why the Roman Empire fell, here are some of the problems,[|Chirtianity, Barbians and Vandals, Decays, Inflation, lead ,Ecomic], Division of the Empire, Haording and Defict, and a Civil War. For a long time Rome held back the barbarians of Germany. During the fifth century a civil war for the fracitions of senate. There were constent rebelions because of the high taxes which made the civil war worse. Inflation was also a problem becaus the flow of gold in rome decreased which caused rioting. Barbarians were also a problem, because there were alot of them. The tribes were know as the [|Huns, Franks, Vandals, Saxsons, and the Visigoths]. These tribes were readeatlly attacking peices of western Rome. The emperor Valens did not fight them and tried to make them fight each other instead of with each other. He also tried to get them to work with him. He alowed the battle-strong barbarian tribe, the Visigoths to settle in the Danube. Valens promised that Rome would help them by giving them food and shelter. When Valens did not keep his promise the tribe rebeled. Which caused the fall of the western Roman civilization.



[|Urban Decays]were a problem for ancient Rome as well. They were a problem because wealthy romans lived in beautifully structured houses while the poor people lived in smelly rooms in apartments. This lead to rioting and revolts which means that houses would be burned down and people will be killed. This would happen because the poor people would beileve that this wasnt fair so they will fight against it. The poor people would revolt and this would lead to even more destruction of the Roman Empire. There was a [|lead problem]as well. The lead they used to cover pipes is poisonus and the people who reiceve water from those pipes will die from lead poisoning. Cups were also covered in lead so that most of the people who drank out of those cups would die as well. The most signifiacnt source may have been the wine for the wealthy class. Lead was alos used for toys so the little children who would bite on there toys died of poisoning also. This is one big reason of the decline of Roman Empire.

The conclusion is that Rome really didnt take care of its self. They needed to check and correct things that they did wrong. They're decisions where not the best but they wanted to be a wealthy civilization. Their greed lead to destruction of the Roman Empire. These are the main reasons why Ancient Rome collapsed.