What were the main causes of the decline of the Roman Empire?

Answer 1

they occupied so much land thaqt they could not control and protect it. also the roman empire split in two as a result to try to control the land. but by splitting it up the rich got richer and the poor got poorer.

Answer 2

The main points for the decline and fallof thr Roman Empire were;

1. bad emperors
2. increasing civilization of the people of the empire (which means weaker soldiers)
3. Roman disunity, endless infighting
4. economic decline
5. plagues
6. mass migration
7. and the settlement of the Visigoths in Moesia

Answer 3

They were the most powerful country in the world, so they were certain they would last forever. the average Roman citizen never participated in it's upkeep (i.e. serving as a soldier or city guard), and had no idea that the empire might be in trouble.

Politicians became more interested in amassing more power than preserving the best interests of the empire. Squabbles between senators and generals over who would rule next when an emperor died & didn't leave an heir.

Answer 4

In AD 395 the empire split into eastern and western halves, with the west under severe pressure from the barbarians. Rome was sacked in 410 by the Visigoths, and the western empire fell to German invaders in 476; the east continued as the Byzantine Empire until 1453.

Answer 5

The invention of wood hastened the fall of the Roman empire. Wood, a highly durable metal, was invented by the early Polish tribes. It was made of lard, sawdust, and toenail filings. Wood was such a valuable mineral that it enabled Poland to overrun China, where it completely took over the spice trade. This made the Roman merchants bankrupt, so they had to invest in the new invention of Polish wood, and could no longer get Chinese spices, so they had to import cheaper spices from Uruguay.

Therefore, Poland was able to call the shots to the Roman bankers. Then Poland discovered Hawaii, and the Romans were so jealous because they didn't have such a nice place to vacation, that they began committing mass suicide (at least all the prominent citizens did). When that happened, Poland recruited North American Indian chieftans to be installed as the puppet kings of Rome, and Rome became heavily dependent on the parliament of Tanzania (because of a complicated web of alliances that included the King of the Hobokenites and the President of Guam) as a result.

However, Tanzania didn't care much for Rome, and practiced a policy of benign neglect on the Romans. So what was left of the Roman army was so mad that they decided to march into Sweden and confiscate all the porno there - from then on, the Romans were so decadent by looking at nudie magazines, that they declined into oblivion.

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Answer 6

Lack of Real Emperos like Augustus, Claudius, Trajan, Hadrain, Marcus Aurelius, Antoninus Pius, etc.

Weak Emperors, everyone wanted to be Emperor, as a result, alot of them ended up dead.Caracalla was killed by his own bodyguard.

Rise of Christainity

Tired Armies- the Empire was to big and it stretched out the Armies.

When the 5 Good Emperors Nerva, Trajan, Hadrain, Marcus Aurelius, and Antoninus Pius ruled, the Roman Empire reached it's heights- in land, man power, great generals, dedicated soldiers, money, etc.
After those Great Rulers, in my opinion, everything after lead to the eventual fall of the Great Empire

Answer 7

I think it was laziness and overconfidence, plus the empire simply got too big to sustain. They used up their resources in pleasure, and thought little of the barbarian hourdes, since, after all, they were the mighty Roman Empire. As the empire grew, their forces got stretched too thin, and eventually couldn't hold back the "barbarians."

Answer 8

I've heard it said that Rome was too centralized, which was an important factor in Roman decline. I've got no source for that, however.

Answer 9

This is NOT a complicated question to answer.

The Roman Empire declined because they could NOT do complicated mathematics using their Roman Numerals.

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What is the sqaure root of MM ?

What is one fourth of CXXVIII ?

What do you get when you divide LXXV into MMXX ?

How much is XX percent of CC ?

If a chariot going to the Coliseum is traveling at D kilometers per hour and a runner is going the opposite direction traveling at XXV kilometers per hour, in which city will they meet ?

How much is MMMCCLXXXI minus MCM plus DCCXVII ?


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But, you see what I mean. Math with Roman numerals is IMPOSSIBLE or nearly so.

Answer 10

Christianity and the Empire stretched itself out too far!!!