Three Reasons Why Rome Fell.
-Christianity
-Lead
-Decay
When the Roman Empire was started, there was no such thing as Christianity. Jesus had not yet been crucified, and therefor his teachings hadn't been spread out to places like Rome. Over time, the word of Jesus and Christianity had gotten out across the lands, and Christianity started to grow in the European region. as Christianity grew, Rome had started to adopt it, but the Christian leaders started to take more and more power away from the Emperors, and they slowly crumbled.
The presence of lead in the drinking water leached in from the water pipes, glazes on containers that came in contact with food and beverages, and food preparation techniques could have contributed to heavy metal poisoning. It was also absorbed through the pores, since it was used in cosmetics. Lead, associated with contraception, was recognized as a deadly poison.
there was a certain point that the Empire grew to where it became too much to keep thorough control of. People on the outer edges of the Empire absorbed the local customs of the conquered land, and didn't follow the way of the inner cities. Some of the lands that were taken were home to some barbaric characters as well... the newer soldiers of the roman army were not being trained properly like they used to, and there was corruption and just a general decay of the Empire in it's entirety. Regions were split not only by mountains and the Mediterranean sea, but they were split so culturally that nothing was ever accomplished. the empire started to decline more rapidly around 380 A.D. and was ended by 395 A.D.
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