THE TOP 3 REASONS ROME FELL

REASONS FOR THE FALL OF ROME

• Division of the Empire
• External Invasions
• Political Instability

REASON #3: POLITICAL INSTABILITY

• Political Instability: Confusion and corruption among the government
• WHY IT IS #3: Rome has a colorful history of political instability
• Rome was able to rise after the 5 bad emperors, and it became a prosperous time
• Loyalty fell with the knowledge of the inconsistency in the Senate and government
• > The inconsistency left citizens untrusting and feeling unstable, meaning no prosperity

REASON #2: EXTERNAL INVASIONS

• Rome was a powerful and vast empire, constantly waging war and usually winning
• Under times of trouble and bad leadership, the army was not successful
• The division of the Empire led them to be more vulnerable to attacks from others
• Wars and invasions cost Rome their economy and security
• WHY IT IS #2: This issue, with many others that follow, was the result of Reason #1

REASON #1: DIVISION OF THE EMPIRE

• Due to overexpansion, the empire (and people of) we growing harder to control
• Diocletian divided the Empire, separating the Greek-speaking from Latin-speaking
• Cultural differences were too great, it was hardly the Roman Empire anymore
• The movement of the capitol of Constantinople furthered the divide
• Both halves were now extremely vulnerable to outside invasions and conflicts