Politics- the roman emperor had the right to rule the religious, civil, and military affairs with the senate. the emperor had power of life and death for everybody in the empire. eventually the emperors became corrupt and many lived imoral lives. the empire saw many examples of antagonism between emperors and senates. either the senators didnt like the emperors or the other way around.
Decline in morals- the emperors such as tiberious and others were taking groups of little boys and doing things to them that isnt quite appropriate. they started to make these boys and other people their slaves. this caused the people to turn on them because of their actions. the empire started to fall apart with drinking and other stuff going down the drain as well. the sadistic cruelty is a main reason why the empire failed.
Economy- The empire was in trouble because of all the money they were spending on defending themselves. they started having higher taxes and high inflation. the majority of their gold was sent to make for luxory goods for people instead of making coins and stuff like that. the reduction of coins for the empire caused them to suffer. this led to them creating a bartering system.
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