How did the Roman empire fall?

Question

Was it really just the vandals, the Visigoths and the huns?

Answer 1

Both the Roman and Greek empires "fell" because of moral decay, gluttony, selfishness and sloth. When any civilization or society becomes fat and lazy, the society deteriorates. When people have more money than they know what to do with - and more time to squander it - the empire begins to crumble.
Witness what's happening right now in the United States of America, the next "empire" that will "fall" (probably within a generation or two). We're greedy, far too wealthy, ridiculously lazy, wasteful, and shamefully full of our own excessiveness. -RKO- 04/17/07

Answer 2

No.

It was the germanic and asian invaders, yes. But it was also the decline in civil and moral values. A general decline in civil involvement occurred as people became more obsessed with wealth accumulation and less interested in the traditional roman values of loyalty, hard work and progress.

For example, farmland was being overworked and land production was on the decline, but rather than deal directly with the coming problem, the government of rome embarqued on a program of distracting the peolple with "breads and circuses" rather than trying to face the looming problems head on.

Answer 3

overextended supply lines

Answer 4

same as the USA...it was pushed!
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