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Well there are lots of good reasons to saying why
the Romans died out.
One is that the vastness of their empire they
controlled.
Two was the political problem they had with the
power hungry royal family and the needy Senate.
Three was the threat of civil unrest also going to
keeping their empire together. Their empire which is the biggest in earths
history was huge. If you can imagine one people owning 1 1/2 continents that's
quite impresive although really frustrating. When the got to their final
stages of conquest of their empire they were facing a problem of keeping their
army together so they could insure peace. In some places they garrisoned them
in walls, cities, and forts just in case but it was hard then with advanced
roads to keep them supplied with food, weapons, housing and soldiers. Keeping
soldiers was a big problem too. Once they had conquered so many people they
didnt have enough to control them so they went to the people they conquered
and paid them. Paying everyone was a problem also because Rome was getting
broke. Problem after problem came upon them in the final stages of Military
weakness. So they had to cut down pay and disband soldiers to keep what men
they needed to have. Once this spread out other people like Northern celts and
Huns came into the empire splitting east and west. Already they couldnt supply
their men so the men abandoned to cities and married. Some generals were on
threat to sack Rome along with the Germanic tribes and Huns so they could gain
positition as Emperor. By this time the Emperor was very disliked by many
people who wanted political balance and safety from even their own men. So
this led to some minor revolts some other things they revolted on were high
taxes. Now most of the west except Rome was to be taken. The east had problems
too with cut trading lines and taken farms but when Rome was taken the east
had to fend for itself. Which is what they did and with great effect that the
east lasted 500 more years till the invention of gunpowder. The reason was
leadership by Constantanoble one of the top 5 emperors in history and a
clear trade waterway which was protected by new advances in ballistics. One
was Greek fire which stopped the Persian fleet. On ground they had a CIA
type intelligence and a Imperial Age army with shock calvary and tough battle
hardened infantry. Maybe it was the vastness or the government or the econimic
standards, we may never know what the true reason for the fall of The mighty
Roman Empire was.
Written by Nick Certeza |