The fall of the the Roman Empire did not happen all at once, it took many events that led up to the fall of the empire. One of the reasons the empire fell is because there was a new religion begining to form in the empire. This knew religion is known as Christianity. Christianity only believes in one god (monotheistic) and this went against the traditional religion in the empire at the time (polytheistic-believing in multiple gods). Christianity was made the official religion of the empire. By this time Romans saw the emperor as a God, and this goes against all christain beliefs because they are monotheistic meaning they only believe in one god. The christians did not see the emperor as a god so the power and authority of the emperor was weakened
In 330 C.E. the Roman emperor split the empire in two, the western half which was centered in Rome and the eastern half centered in Constantinople.The split of the Roman Empire into two parts the western half and the eastern half accelerated the fall of the Roman Empire. The western half of the empire was struggling with trade and was in debt to the eastern half. Although the eastern half was still making trades for luxury items they were not able to make payments on them. This led to the government deciding to print more money, this led to inflation. Inflation is also casued when there is no precious metals like gold and silver to the back the production of money. The Roman empire had all but stopped its expansion and since they were not conquering anyone there was no flow of gold into the empire.
Another reason the empire fell is because of a decline in its military power. The soldiers of the Roman empire began to grow tired of defending the borders of the empire form constant attack. The government began to spend way to much money on the military and spent less on the well being of the cities, roads, and aqueducts. Also to keep their military going they began to hire soldiers from other countries. These soldiers were very expensive and unreliable.
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