reasons rome fell
vandalls and religious controversy
economy
christianity
vandalls and religious controversy-
vandalls took over roman territory in africa, just as rome lost spain to the sueves. Rome lost revenue along with the territory and administrative control. It needed revenue to support its army and it needed its army to keep what territory it still maintained.
economy-
economy decayed through hoarding of bullion, and barbarians raiding the treasury. the trade deficit had a very negative affect on the economy. the military decayed through attrition and disorganization and the lack of an effective military leader. lack of circulating currency also added to the decay
christianity-
rome eventually allowed christianity. after a while, christian leaders were becoming more and more influential. after some time the emperors started granting more and more privilages to the churches and bishops. after some time, the church leaders became very powerful and eventually took power away from the emperor.
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