2006-11-02 05:28:33 · 10 answers · asked by JJK789 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
There really isn't a single answer. A lot of things contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire including: Greed and avarice-- the people in power wanted more and more and they'd do anything to get it, the empire was too spread out to effectively manage, there wasn't enough money to maintain the roads and other municipal structures, the plague that hit Constantinople in around 500 ad and spread throughout the empire left the empire a lot poorer and without enough manpower to take care of the cities. Invaders also started battling against depleted and less qualified armies. Some people also suspect lead poisoning may have played a part in the fall of the empire.
2006-11-02 05:42:00 · answer #1 · answered by darthbouncy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Real life isn't that simple. They were slow to realize problems (the Romans were big on tradition, so thinking that there was something wrong with tradition was a foreign concept for them), and their attempts to fix it often failed. Additionally, many of their problems they had no control over, and trying to fix them only made things worse. Constant attacks from the North and East strained their military system, which strained their coffers, which led to decline in ever area of the Empire. Then there were natural disasters (floods, drought, famine, plague) that made what little progress they were able to make moot. Heck, after the Roman Empire reclaimed parts of Italy from the Ostrogoths, the area around Rome wasn't fully restored until around WWII.
In sort, to much went wrong that they had little to no control over.
2006-11-02 08:14:24 · answer #2 · answered by Thought 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rome was so huge at the time and it basically collapsed because of internal decay they were driven by their successes and wealth to indulge themselves in what ever hit their fancy there was political infighting, extreme moral decay total lack of spirituality and like any structure that has no support or a building whose foundation is termite infested it collapses as did the roman empire also it was prophesied in the Bible to fall lading to the next world power to fill in #6
2006-11-02 05:42:05 · answer #3 · answered by gorbalizer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A series of bad leaders and just too big of an empire to manage without a better technology for communication.
2006-11-02 06:21:40 · answer #4 · answered by blaked882003 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were too busy keeping their power and the citizens of Rome happy and they saw little need in providing for the rest of the empire because they didn't see them as real Roman citizens.
2006-11-02 05:41:42 · answer #5 · answered by The One Truth 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's no real good answer for that. Basically, the people, leaders, and culture didn't want to "fix" it. Basically, no one wanted to be the Roman Empire of old; they wanted to be part of the kingdoms that sprung up out of it.
2006-11-02 06:06:14 · answer #6 · answered by adphllps 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
perhaps you should read St. Augustine's City of God...it may help explain what the history books left out
2006-11-02 05:38:58 · answer #7 · answered by hobbsworth 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Poor leadership.
2006-11-02 05:36:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats al they knew and they still are a low class trashie people just look at all the middle east today. all they know is fighting and killing.
2006-11-02 05:36:52 · answer #9 · answered by roy40372 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well they did last hundreds of years. everything dies.
2006-11-02 05:38:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋