Military-
One of the reasons for the fall of the Roman Empire was that Rome was spending too much money on their military. With so much money being spent on the military there wasn’t enough for some of the other resources such as housing and providing infrastructure. Along with all of that, the excessive spending also frustrated the Roman people. Soon they didn’t want to help with the defense of the Empire. This all led to Rome hiring people to defend which meant even more money to be spent. Eventually they had to raise taxes which people didn’t like.
Christianity-
Another reason for the fall of the Roman Empire was the introduction of Christianity. Constantine was the first Christian leader of the Roman Empire. He instated the Orthodox Christianity. In 379, Theodosius made Christianity the primary religion of Rome. He also declared the Pagan religions were illegal. After all of this the Romans were no longer motivated to defend Rome. Money was even being spent to build churches and religious figures
Visigoths escaping to Rome-
My final reason for the fall of the Roman Empire was the Visigoths escaping to Rome from the Huns. They became comfortable in Rome and began to destroy parts of the city. Soon the Huns followed and they all continued to destroy parts of the city. The German general took over the Emperors. None of the destructions were ever picked up so Rome was left in Ruins.
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