Why Rome fell
One reason the the Roman Empire fell is because the military got weaker over time. There was constant civil wars between armies fighting for control over territories. There was a greater and greater threat from northern barbarians trying to come into the empire, and the armies had to fight them off, also. Even with all of these things going on, the emperors still wanted and needed more land and territories, so the armies had to fight for them, too.
Another reason that the Roman Empire fell is because of not very good economic policies. The empire did not produce very many good by themselves, so they had to conquer other territories in order to get resources. But the armies were getting weaker, and they weren't able to conquer more territories. Also, the emperors were very greedy and wanted very expensive things for themselves and were willing to sacrifice the good of the empire for their own selfish reasons.
Another reason was that the empire fell was that the empire was split into 2 parts. It did not bring in the resources to sustain its huge military and population because it had half the area of land. It also had split religions. The Eastern half was Christian, and the Western was polytheistic. This had a big effect on the difference of the two halves.
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