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Cause of Rome's Decline Theory Jordan Holden, Taylor Otte, Caleb Hood

After several years (thousands) of prosper, the Roman empire began to fall. The empire lasted from 27 BC to 476 AD. No one knows exactly why Rome began to fall, but several reasons could be why. There are plenty of possibilities of the decline. Apparently, the fall of Rome was about 300 years and began speeding up as it went. During this time, a major reason was that outside invaders were actively attacking the Roman empire. These people that many empires feared were called the, "Barbarians". Thieves and pirates became problems, holding up travelers and hijacking ships. Many people were angry of the slavery and poverty occuring. Too much money was being made, making it not worth anything. Rome's empire began taxing people way too much money.

There is most likely not a specific main reason that Rome fell, but it probably was all of the problems together. Another reason was that Rome expanded their empire quickly. With them trying to fix the problem of poverty, with more and more people from other recently conquered countries coming in, it made it difficult. Also, with the empire being divided into two parts, Rome may have become weak, especially its military.

 

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