3 Reasosn why the Roman Empire fell
Military Problems:
Rome used to have a very structured military but when they started to become more powerful their military changed as well. They were now made up of barbaric trained soldiers. Romans were expected to enlist in the military at a certain age but they didn’t want to so they did things to sneak around it; they either just didn’t sign up, or signed their slave’s names instead. The ones that did go to fight didn’t want to be there and didn’t care about the expansion and development of Rome any longer so they didn’t have the drive to be a good soldier. They resulted in attempting to recruit veterans from when Rome was in their prime of fighting but none of them were interested. They had all already settled on farms and estates.
Economic Problems:
Their emperor at the time, Nero, wanted to get more coins out in circulation at the time. Nero obviously didn’t know anything about inflation at the time because that is what happened. Yes, people were still getting money from the government, but it was near worthless. Commodus was the leader after Nero and at the time of his death, Rome had barley any money left at all. The Roman Empire acquired its money from taxes and land. Rome could no longer use land as a source of income though. They started getting it taken away because they couldn’t pay the taxes on it anymore.
Christianity:
Christianity wasn’t around at the beginning of the Roman Empire which is why it didn’t have an effect on it until later. The idea of Christianity wasn’t until after the second emperor. By that time, Jesus had been put to death. The idea then was spread around Rome and more and more priests and preachers were coming about. Because of the beliefs of people, they were following the priests and giving them more power and influence on people which in turn, gave the emperors less power.
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