...Social factors deal with the living in a society like social classes, cultures religions, customs, and more. Social classes were a big factor in the downfall of Rome. The higher class got more privileges than the lower class. According to Roman Ambassador to the Huns 449, a wealthy lawbreaker would face no punishment for his crime while a poor lawbreaker would have a legal penalty and punished as seemed fit (Document 2). This document helped point out the causes of the fall because this time of peace was worse than war. Innocent men were being hurt for no reason by other, and not following the spiritual tradition was ruining the state. Another example of the social factors causing the fall of Rome is how the people of Rome could not organize themselves. In The Course of Civilization by Strayer, Gatzke, “the majority of the population had been systematically excluded from political responsibilities” (Document 1). Since the people were excluded from political responsibilities, they could not organize themselves. This problem led to more problems because of the people could not get organized then they could not protect themselves. They were not able to organize an army to protect themselves...
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...Eulogy for The Fall of Rome The fall of Rome was the biggest tragedy the world has ever experienced. Rome had so much accomplishments, however, Rome had a lot of causes of decline, too. Rome was the largest culture known for its savagery and integrity. Rome had supreme control for 500 years, from 27 BCE to 476 CE. Rome's first emperor was Julius Caesar, however, people didn't vote for Julius Caesar, he declared himself, that he's the emperor. After Julius Caesar died, people voted for the second emperor, which was Caesar Augustus. At 117 CE, the Roman Empire spawned to the Mediterranean world, which was from Northern Africa to the Scottish border, and from Spain to Syria. Rome had so much accomplishments, that Rome became famous because of their accomplishments. Some accomplishments...
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...Many have wondered what caused Ancient Rome to fall, one of the most powerful empires in history, but there most likely isn’t a single reason for this mysterious event. These causes, although major or minor, did not make Rome fall in a single day. Over time they might have created a snowball effect ultimately leading to the end of Rome. The fall of the Roman Empire was caused by the constant threat of barbarians, restlessness of the rich, and corruption of the church. Since Rome was a gigantic, undoubtedly successful empire, making enemies was only natural. One of Rome’s enemies had been the ever growing barbarians. The writer Salvian writes, “So the poor are despoiled, the widows sigh, the orphans are oppressed, until many of them, born of families not obscure, and liberally educated, flee to our enemies that they may no longer suffer the oppression of public persecution” by this he was attempting to explain how such atrocities were being committed funneling Roman citizens to the barbarian population. Salvian later goes on to convey a powerful message about Roman citizens that would rather commit to an entirely new culture rather than be treated poorly in their own. Since Rome was using its resources on other things it did not have much to deal with the barbarians...
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...The Roman Empire is the most inspiring empire and was the strongest until 476 c.e , when it fell. Rome has created many things that we still use today and many people hear the fall of Rome and think Rome fell all together but it was actually only the Western Rome because the emperor Diocletian and later emperor Constantine I split the empire into two parts, eastern and western Rome. There are various reasons that only Western Rome fell and not Eastern Rome and they include invasions, economic problems, and weak leadership. To start off many people think because the military was so weak it was the main cause to the fall, but in order for this to be accomplished it would have to be because of poor leadership. What I mean by this is in document...
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...Over the years many historians have tried to pinpoint the cause of the fall of the Roman Empire. One of the earliest historians to open up discussion on this topic was Edward Gibbon, an English historian and Member of Parliament. He is most noted for his work The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. He claims that various internal factors, such as economic decline and civil wars, as well as external factors, such as invaders and Christianity, caused the fall of the Roman Empire. Bruce Bartlett, another historian and supply-side economics expert who worked as the domestic policy advisor for President Reagan, expanded and supported Gibbon’s theories by claiming that inflation and debasement of the Roman currency along with corruption...
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...Rome was an empire of influence, culture, and prosperity. In its span of 500 years, Rome created works of art and literature that still continue to influence our society today. Rome was an incredibly powerful civilization and conquered many lands and other weaker civilizations. Through this, they managed to create an incredibly large and diverse empire. However, this prosperity wouldn’t last forever. In fact, after their reign of 500 years was over, the Western half of Rome fell. The Eastern half, on the other hand, managed to stay prosperous for roughly 1,000 years. Not only did the Byzantine Empire, survive past the decline of its Western half, it managed to thrive and produced many valuable works that are just as inspiring as those produced...
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...Between the years 376 to 476 A.D., the Roman Empire in the west “saw the political Germanization of the western empire,” and the Roman Empire in the west had declined and collapsed. The Roman Empire did not particularly collapse solely because of the barbarians who invaded, but rather a variety of factors influenced her downfall. While there were certainly barbarian tribes who raided and sacked Rome and quickened the decline, there were also other barbaric tribes that actually helped Roman civilization from completely dying out. There was more of a series of causes that led to the decline of Rome. One other appropriate note to make is to say that Rome did not fall, like the fall of Carthage for instance, but rather simply changed. During...
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...over surrounding city-states. Because of their power and control, the citizens thought the decline of Rome was unheard of. That was until the city made many poor decisions that had a vast affect on the city itself, which eventually led to the fall of the empire. The political instability, economic crisis, and resilience of outside forces resulting from a weak military were the major factors that led to the fall of Rome's giant empire. The first factor that my essay will address is the weakening of Rome's military. As we know, Rome was known for having the strongest military mostly because of their discipline. However, once the control slipped, soldiers became lazy, negligent, and drills were abandoned. An example of this is shown in document #2 where the text explains how soldiers became lazier and chose not to wear equipment while...
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...Rome started out as a great civilization that lasted for years and years. Nothing lasts indefinitely, however, and it was inevitable that Rome would fall eventually. After an era of power and greatness, Rome was taken down by a combination of political corruption, economic issues, deathly diseases, and fierce, foreign invaders. One of the political reasons for the downfall of Rome was unfit emperors. Some emperors were greedy, cruel men with absolutely no idea how to rule an empire. The roman emperorship was passed down through the male line, so some of the emperors had no idea how to rule. A fair amount of the emperors were assassinated, leaving their inexperienced sons to rule alone, or if they had no sons, the position would be fought over,...
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...The Roman Empire was one of the greatest Empires known to mankind, and many say the United states of America is following in Rome’s footsteps. However when looking closer at the fall of the Roman Empire there are terrifying similarities to present day America. It seems like America is making the same mistakes that the Romans made. However of Americans work fast we can avoid the ending the Romans met. The Romans fell because they had too much land and not enough control, their economy was slowly decreasing, and the Romans became apathetic. These things all could be avoided if only realized. America like Rome has lots of land and a huge military. However Rome lost control over the land that they controlled. The Romans were the power of the...
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...The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire Although the Roman Empire experienced many great accomplishments the decline led to many challenges. There were invasions by Barbarian tribes as well as economic troubles. Due to a final crisis, the empire began to crumble. Rome was being attacked by outside forces causing the constant spending. The empire became very dependent of their slaves to farm the land and work as craftsmen. The Roman empire is believed to have taken about a century until it finally failed in 476 A.D. So many negative contributions led to Rome’s Empire falling. Another cause of the fall of the roman empire involved the over-expansion and military overspending. The empire stretched from the Atlantic Ocean to the Euphrates River. There was still not enough military to keep outside attackers away. So much money was put into the military that eventually the empire fell into a huge negative financial disparity. With the majority of the money available going into the upkeep of the military many citizens began to lose hope in the empire. The military then transformed and there was no real loyalty to the city of Rome. Christianity is believed to be another reason why the Roman Empire failed. There had been a vast majority of people converting to the Christian faith. Constantine produced The Edict of Milan. This legalized Christianity and allowed religious freedom within the empire. With the rise of Christianity, a large amount of money was put into...
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...The saying “Rome was not built in a day,” is very common when devoting time towards a greater goal, but no one ever says “Rome did not fall in a day.” Rome decline lasted about 250 years and one of the major factors of its decline was Christianity’s influence on Rome. Although, Christianity was ultimately Rome’s demise, preceded by it was Christianity’s lasting mark of being Rome’s greatest invention. It left this mark mostly through education, while downfall can be represented by political revolution and the division of loyalty in Rome between the Empire and The Messiah. Most people during this time were illiterate. Rome used Christianity to expand its education and bring about literacy to a higher percent of the population. Of course the teachers showing Rome’s citizens were members of the Church so that the sole purpose of teaching these people how to read was to convert them...
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...The Roman Empire was one of the greatest empires in the world, but its fall was inevitable. During the Roman Empire’s first two centuries, there was peace and prosperity. The Roman army conquered territory from modern-day Spain to Scotland. But, as the Roman empire would soon find out, size has its disadvantages. The main cause for the fall of the Roman Empire was political instability, which led to military mistakes and economic and civil decay. Diseases and natural disasters were also causes of the fall of Rome. To begin with, military mistakes were a substantial part in the fall of the Roman empire. For one thing, according to Document B, after the year 400 CE, Roman soldiers abandoned parade ground drills and became weak and lazy. Because of this, they abandoned breastplates and helmets, and fought unprotected. So when the soldiers fought the Goths, they were easily defeated by archers. In addition, as stated in Document B, regular conscription was not enforced. Many categories were exempted,...
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...Decline of the Roman/Han/Gupta Empires Diverse Interpretations Assignment COMPARISONS TO FOCUS ON: * The causes for the decline of the Roman, Han and Gupta Empires * Understanding of how and why the collapse of the empire was more severe in Western Europe than it was in the Asian Empires. * Comparison of the role that religions played in the declines * The impact of missionary outreach of the Christians and Buddhists in these empires RESOURCES * Upshur – “The Decline of Empires” * Stearns - Decline of Empires. * Frank Smitha - “Decline and Fall” * Johnson and Johnson – “Why Don’t Empires Last?” * Spodek – “China and Rome: How do they compare?” * Bulliet pages 168-170 and 186-189. ASSIGNMENT 1. Construct a Venn comparing and contrasting the causes for decline of the Roman, Han and Gupta empires. Information will come from the documents and not the lecture…you already wrote the lecture notes once, why write them again? Rome Han similarities Gupta 2. Write 3 comparative analytical mini-paragraphs about the decline of empires. (generalization, facts, analysis…) Remember that analysis answers the question “why?” Example: The AP World History teachers have very different tastes in beverages. Ms. Forswall likes tea while Ms. Patch likes cola. Green tea and Earl Grey are Ms. Forswall’s favorites; they taste nothing like Pepsi or Coke because soft drinks are much sweeter. Ms. Patch usually chooses a diet style of...
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...military force but also by the culture, ideology and religion, what made Chinese empire one whole nation, whereas Romans were only united by the military forces and not by the cultural heritage that made Chinese empire so united. There are many theories why did Roman Empire collapsed, some of them might seem stupid for example some people think that Romans went crazy because they used led in pots and they ate food which was cooked in pots made of led, so they were poisoned by led and that’s why this huge Empire ruined. Despite these kinds of theories, almost every scholar and historian says that Rome failed as an Empire because of military exhaust, the new religion in the Empire, the division of society, economic crisis and bad leadership, but the main reason why Rome could not stand the moral and economic crisis was the lack of cultural identity. As it was already mentioned Rome was a unification of countries by strict laws and...
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