3 reason for the collapse of the great roman empire?

Answer 1

-Economic instability
-Corrupt Government
i cant remember the last...think hard

Answer 2

1. Size. The empire was geographically too large to manage. The cost of defending the borders was enormous, and it led to the creation of a huge government bureaucracy that consumed more resources than it brought in.

2. Corruption. When the Romans moved from a Republic to an empire a great deal of old Roman virtue had been lost. Power and wealth consumed a great many people in their quest for control. That led to huge civil wars prior to the end of the Republic that in turn led to a ruthless dictatorship of the empire.

3. They were simply on the wrong side of history. With the advent of Christianity, a new ideal for living was born that was in direct opposition to the Roman ideal. Roman ethics consisted in the strong warrior hero ethic. It was the admiration of the strong man who sought power and glory that drove ethical values. By contrast, Christians taught and lived a life of service to others that was the basis for ethical living. The Roman ideal led to individualism and concern for self-interest only, while Christianity showed the importance of community, which won the day and leads to more stable systems.

Answer 3

1 - The emperors were becoming more and more inept
2 - The discipline of the army disappeared and the soldiers lost the interest in the war, wishing instead, an easy life.
3 - Invasion of foreign tribes that wished to conquer the lands of the empire. The Romans were no longer able to stop them
The roman army, the best of the ancient world, suffered a tremendous decadence

Answer 4

The reasons for the fall of the Roman empire are multiple and can be divided into two distinct groups, external and internal
The fourth century AD. witnessed mass movements of whole populations around the borders of the Roman Empire. At times these migratory groups came into conflict with the Romans. Pressures on these peoples from other barbarian groups kept pushing them west onto the frontiers of the Empire. It was the Goths who caused some of the worst damage and their defeat of the Romans in the Battle of Adrianople in Thessaly precipitated the eventual collapse of the Empire.

The Romans themselves regrouped from numerous setbacks but after each incursion upon their territory they became weaker. The Vandals and Visigoths in the early years of the fifth century overran the provinces of Spain and North Africa reducing the Romans ability to raise taxes. This had the result of weakening their armies as they did not have the resources to pay the soldiers wages.

Britain was abandoned in 410AD as the Romans had not the manpower to hold it. Gaul was assaulted from the north by confederations of Franks and Saxon tribes. The Huns under Attila finally wrested lands that became known as Hungary from the Romans control and invaded right into Italy itself only to be paid off with huge sums of gold.
Civil Wars, high taxation, discontent amongst the people, religion were some of the reasons why Rome in it's final days failed. The Emperor Julian, an able general but a pagan sought to bring back the worship of the old gods to Rome. In doing this he sowed discontent amongst his people and generals. His invasion of Persia was ill-conceived and he was most likely assassinated due to his beliefs. The resources wasted on this venture would never be replaced
The loss of provinces and constant invasions of barbarian tribes forced the Emperors to raise higher taxes to maintain the army. This resulted in less productivity and lands lost to war and wasted by war produced nothing at all for Empire. The treasury became bankrupt. Lost provinces also meant that trade routes were lost and the revenues from such ventures. The trading classes declined reducing the prosperity of the Empire

Answer 5

Corruption of the Government, coupled with the general degeneration of morals.

Too damn many enemies. Eventually, it's hard to keep them at bay when you make new ones every other day.

Eroded standards within the military. The Roman Legion was an amazing fighting force in its heyday, but towards the end, the discipline and leadership started to slip. And as a result they were no longer the unbeatable entities they had been.

Answer 6

1) Nearly non-stop civil wars caused by soldiers being loyal to their general instead of the Roman state, weakened the army.
2) These same civil wars caused military service to be looked down upon by the average Roman citizen who turned to mutilating themselves in great numbers rather than be drafted.
3) Without its military might to crush them Rome had to accommodate barbarians.

Answer 7

There are many theories;-{ you have to study your text-book.
Or else, searth the internet & do some research on theories.