fall of the roman empire?

Question

why did the roman empire fall?

Answer 1

It fell for a number of reasons. It would take me all day to write every single one of them in this response. The main reason that I know of is that it got too big to rule . It stretched from Rome to France, Germany, Spain, parts of Britain, and the Middle East.

For one emperor to rule all of that territory, even with the help of governors, was difficult (especially trying to crush uprisings; the Roman army found that out the hard way when trying to fight the ancient Teutons in a German forest).

Economists would go on about the economic causes of Rome's downfall. Sociologists would discuss the sociological aspects and so on. Some say that Christianity brought down the empire because it became such a widespread faith (even Daniel predicted the fall of Rome in the Old Testament).

A book that I would suggest reading is Edward Gibbon's "The Fall of the Roman Empire." The book was written in the 18th century (during the Enlightenment phase) and it will most likely take a long time to go through. Even I'm not done with it yet. Just for the record, Gibbon does criticize the Christian faith but not up to the point of mocking it.

Answer 2

A few factors contributed. Of course there are several more, but these are the largest, and most important ones: Over Expansion - They could not control their borders. (Particularly Germany). This leads to the second factor. Declining Military Power - The Roman Military was overstretched, and almost everywhere it was engaged, it was fighting a guerrilla war. In fact, the Visigoths actually sacked Rome in 410 before the Empire fell. Weak Leadership - By the time of the Fall of the Empire, the leadership of Rome had been tactically inept, apathetic to his position, stupid, or a combination of the three for quite some time. However, it is important to keep in mind that Rome didn't completely fall. The Eastern Roman Empire, or the Byzantine Empire, survived for over a thousand years after the collapse of the Western Empire, and was a major player even into the Middle Ages. (They caused the Crusades)

Answer 3

1. Rome split in two
2. Rome was under a lot of preassure from the 'barbarians' that were being pushed into the nation by the Huns going West. They were starved, violent, tratiorus barbarians and wanted revenge on Rome for allowing the Huns to do this to them and try to keep the people the swore to protect out of the Empire. So they ransacked Rome than they went for the Eastern Empire.
3. It was corroping inside. Remember-No republic lasts, no matter how full proof it all ends at some point. (By the way, America IS a republic, just something to think of).

Answer 4

the barbarians never could have sacked rome except that rome had been destroyed from within by eliminating standards for citizenship. by the time rome fell, any dope within the borders of rome was considered a citizen, and most of them did not speak latin. they continued to speak whatever language they spoke in the country from which they came. sound familiar?

Answer 5

They expanded too much, and their adversaries became independent gradually, then they split into two.