Why did the Roman Empire fall?
Military Spending - Attacks from barbarian were consistently a battle to keep soldiers and money going. Military spending left few resources for other vital activities, such as providing housing and maintaining roads. Frustrated Romans just gave up to protect the Roman Empire. The empire started to hire soldiers to come and fight for the empire. It soon got to expensive to keep the soldiers around and the government was going into debt.
High Taxes - The Romans had to pay very high taxes so the government would be able to run. Sometimes the tax percent would range form 1-3% on a daily bases. Tax farming proved to be an incredibly profitable enterprise and served to increase the treasury. The process soon corrupted. Late 1st century, Augustus put an end to tax farming.
Inferior Technology - The scientific achievements of the Romans were limited almost entirely to engineering and the organization of public services. They built perfect roads and bridges. They were the first to come up with medicine for the poor. Since they relied on humans and animals, they were not able to find new techonlogy to produce goods more efficiently. They could not keep up with the making of goods to keep people alive so they started to lose a lot of people.
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