2006-10-22 12:39:39 · 6 answers · asked by granbyrams2010 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
There was an eastern and western empire, not just one. The eastern fell first. That's all I know off the top of my head.
2006-10-22 12:40:47 · answer #1 · answered by Izzy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on whether you want to know about the fall of Rome the city or the fall of Rome the empire. The western empire is generally regarded as ending in 476. That happened when the last Roman emperor was replaced with an Ostrogothic king. Rome itself had been captured before then, I believe. The eastern empire ended when Constantinople was captured by the Turks in 1453.
2006-10-22 19:52:29 · answer #2 · answered by Tim N 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here are some of the explanations for the Fall of Rome:
Decay
Financial Problems
The Dole and Barbarians
Economic, Military, Gradual
Christianity
Vandals and Religious Controversy
Division of the Empire
Lead
Hoarding and Deficit
2006-10-22 19:48:22 · answer #3 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the aristocracy ate off lead dishes, the consumption of which made them crazy.
2006-10-22 19:44:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here is a good source for reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline_of_the_Roman_Empire
2006-10-22 19:44:48 · answer #5 · answered by Lisa G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the same as any other dictatorship - greed, corruption, social depravity, glutony, theivery, murder, pride etc etc etc
2006-10-22 19:41:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋