what are the main reasons for the decline of the roman empire as opposed to the fall of rome?

Answer 1

the empire was too huge and there were too many different peoples, different races and different believes in it. so many in fact that it couldn't be controlled anymore. and then off course the romans took on christianity after constantein's vision had helped him win a battle. most people wern't very happy with this and so all in all it became to much. plague also killled many soldiers, so that the emperor didn't have enough men to fight to keep the empire together. it wasn't one reason, it was all these reasons (and probably more) together. it all just became too much

Answer 2

Probably the main reason for the decline of the Roman Empire was the decline of infrastructure. The imperial capital kept pulling all of the competent local officials away from the provinces and leaving them with officials that didn't have the credentials for government on the local level. With that, roadways and aqueducts fell into ruin, so communication and basic sanitary services fell by the wayside.

This in of itself cause the Roman Empire (by that we mean the Western Empire) to fall, but it set up the Empire like a set of dominoes. With Germanic invasions, eventually the provinces felt as if they were no longer a part of the Empire, so even by the time the last emperor was deposed in 476 CE, the Empire had pretty much disintegrated already.

Hope that answers your question.

Answer 3

The Roman Empire declined and fell because of economic reasons, which then turned all of the other reasons the other answerers gave from crises into catastrophes. Without a sound economic basis and a universally accepted currency, the empire could not solve its problems and they began to cascade one upon the other.

The basic cornerstone of the economic plight was the idea that the Empire's rich people were too poor, and her poor people were too rich; add onto that the idea that this problem needed to be reversed radically and immediately. The artisan - middle class was replaced with slaves, the resulting increase in wealth was then used to purchase luxury items from India and China (silks, spices, exotic animals for the collisseum, etc). The army could not be paid, so no one would serve. Those that did had to spend all of their time being farmers instead of soldiers, so there was no longer any hope of conquests or even defensive capabilities. Existing infrastructure was made to continue being overworked rather than being replaiced. Local areas had to become basically self-reliant, public health declined, and then the Empire was hit by plague, German Barbarians and Persian armies.

Ouch!

Answer 4

They're really one and the same. The Roman empire was also just referred to as Rome. Plus, the city fell for the same reason the empire fell--they became overextended, and ignored the fact that the people they referred to as barbarians were actually getting more and more Romanized, and they wanted to be treated like Romans, not second-class citizens. By the time people from outlying areas began attacking the Roman government, there were more "barbarians" in the Roman army than Roman citizens, so they revolted and joined their own people to demand their rights. They weren't really out to destroy the empire, as much as they wanted a piece of the action.

Answer 5

Its all one and the same as the decline of Rome led to its steady fall. It didn't just disappear overnight it was a gradual process and is intertwined with the decline.

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 6

I'll bet if you jumped on your search engine you could find ALL KINDS of information on that era. Try using search terms like "decline roman empire" and "fall of rome" (without the quotes).

Good luck!

Answer 7

moral decadence,religious permissiveness and exotic religious eclecticism,lack of foresight in threat assessment and they murdered the very best of their own leaders and kept the very worst in power;"nepotism" instead of "meritocracy";lack of cohesive and trained amphibious troops and an ample naval battle fleet contingent!!!an over-reliance on "non-roman" and mercenary troops and legions!!!!popular illiteracy and slavery!!political intrigues and assassinations!!!the absolute seeking of wealth at any cost had caused a lost of spiritual and moral compass in all of the roman populous...but when Alaric sacked rome and plundered all of it's gold and treasures,burning much of it down: a vacancy on the belief of civic and governmental wealth had already permeated the society...with personal and private wealth being the "all impotant" goal of all fro the highest senator to the lowliest slave!!!ALARIC WAS BURIED IN THE BED OF THE BUSENTO RIVER NEAR COSENTA IN CALABRIA SEATED UPON HIS HORSE COVERED IN GOLD,URNSCOINSCOFFERS,JEWELS, CARPETS AND TAPESTRIES AND THE RIVER WAS TURNED BACK OVER THE SITE AND HAS NEVER BEEN RECOVERED..EVEN UNTIL THIS DAY!!!! NO ONE IS EVEN LOOKING FOR THE TREASURES OF ROME AND THE FORUM IS IN "DESPERATE NEED OF REBUILDING...IS IT NOT???

Answer 8

1) One happened faster
2)The other is far more fun to debate.
3)Essentially it all happened when people werent paying attention
4)How much does attention cost?
5)Not my favourite topic.....though fits right in there withthe history of civilization....grant youthat.
6) Does it matter? Are you going through a gladiator phase or what?
7) I lay odds you would beat me at RISK

Answer 9

Plumbing.

They all went crazy because there was to much led in the pipes and that got in their brain and you have mad people running the country.

Answer 10

*Growth of Feudalism
*Large extent of the empire
*Bad Administration
*Birth of Islam and its expansion