The Fall Of Rome
The Western Roman Empire grew to be one of the largest and strongest empire that the world had ever known. By the fourth century, The Great Roman Empire fell to pieces. There were 5 main reasons for Rome’s fall. The Split Of The Empire, Lack of Military cohesion, Economic struggle, political rivalries and turmoil and moral decline.
Split Of Rome
The Empire was divided into the East and West under Diocletian, who thought it would help the kingdom be better governed. His idea worked for a while. But there was constant fighting over resources and territories in the empire. That led to the fall of Rome.
Military Struggles
The Roman’s would take the people they conquered and uses them as recruits for the military. But more time went on they had nobody to conquered the military soon fall because of that.
Economic Struggles
Constant wars and overspending were a big problem for the Roman Empire. When the Empire was no longer expanding new resources became harder and harder to find and the Empire soon fell to hard times.
Political Struggles
The murder of the many emperors led Rome to weakened the government and make it harder to recover.
Moral Struggles
People didn’t want to work as hard because they know the public welfare programs we going to support them. All of these things lead to the fall of Rome.
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