Why did the Roman Empire fall?
select 3 reasons
write 3 paragraphs explaining why
reasons
- Antagonism between the Senate and the Emperor
- Decline in Morals
- Political Corruption and the Praetorian Guard
- Fast expansion of the Empire
- Constant Wars and Heavy Military Spending
- Barbarian Knowledge of Roman Military Tactics
- Failing Economy
- Unemployment of the Working Classes
- The 'Mob' and the cost of the 'Games'
- Decline in Ethics and Values
- Slave Labor
- Natural Disast
- Christianity
- Barbarian Invasion
One of the main causes for the Fall of the Roman Empire was the Antagonism between the Senate and the Emperor. The Roman Emperor had the legal power to rule Rome’s religious, civil and military affairs with the Senate acting as an advisory body. The emperor had power over life and death. The powerful, spoilt,
wealthy Roman Emperors inevitably became corrupt and many lived a debauched, deluded and immoral lifestyle.
The decline in morals, especially in the rich upper classes, nobility and the emperors, had a devastating impact on the Romans. The decline in morals effected the lower classes and slaves. Religious festivals such as Saturnalia and Bacchanalia where sacrifices, ribald songs, lewd acts and sexual promiscuity were practised. Bestiality and other lewd and sexually explicit acts were exhibited in the Colosseum arena to amuse the mob. Brothels and forced prostitution flourished.
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