Carter+M,+Frank,+Michael

Theory? One of the reasons Rome might of have fallen was because Rome (the city not the empire), was sacked by the Vizigoths. Rome was spreading to the east, so the people that lived there got pushed north. This created a domino effect until the people that lived in the north were forced south into Rome. They saw this as an opportunity for conquest, so they sacked Rome. This greatly weakened their deffenses, making the Romans more vulnerable.

For another thing, being seperated in to two havles might have weakened the empire's military. The senate had to recognize 2 men as emperors, so they really had their hands full, meaning they had a hard time controling the military. This left them more sa The western empire was fertile and prosperous, whereas the eastern empire was not as prosperous,so they abandoned it.

Also, Constantius' son, Constantine, was held hostage by Diocletian so Constantius, the emperor of the western half of the empire at the time, so he might have rebeled. One definite reason Rome fell was because the econemy was bad. They had so many slaves that had to do things for free, people ran out of jobs.