THE TOP 3 REASONS ROME FELL

#3: THE PLAGUE

• It killed many people hurting Rome
• Made them very weak as a whole which started the collapse
• Reduced the number of people working which hurt economy
• This caused a decrease in agriculture and trade.
• Reduced the number of soldiers which over all led to growth of barbarians

#2: POLITICAL INSTABILITY

• In 50 years the had 22 emporers, each ending in violent deaths
• While there was a struggle for power, many things has to keep changing
• This caused there to be an unstable foundation for Rome to flourish
• While switching from emperor to another, it created disunity
• This ruined the sense of political trust and civic unity which kept the collapse going

#1: OVER EXANSION

• This is the most important because no matter what, Rome couldn't handle the size
• They could not maintain a solid structure
• Rome bad so many types of people and it became to hard ro find unity
• There was no way to administer an empire of this size at this point in time
• Overall, over expansion was the most important cause the empires to collapse