The Roman world was engulfed by tsunami, and 50,000 people lost their lives. “In the second year of the reign of Valens (366 CE) the Roman world was shaken by a violent and destructive earthquake… the tide soon returned with the weight of an immense flood which was severely felt on the coasts of Sicily…” ( Doc F). Second example is a series of plagues sickened and killed off Rome citizens. “ The resulting diseases decimated the population.” ( Doc F). This affected Rome greatly because many people were killed and others too sick, which lowered number of people able to be in conscription. So, the Romans had to get help from the Germanic soldiers. In conclusion the Romans fell due to things going in their natural environment. The primary reasons Rome “fell” was because of a poor government, they misunderstood their enemies, and natural disasters & diseases. All together as a whole we should take away from this is before just going to fight our enemies let’s get an understanding about who they are. Also, we should make sure everyone is equal and that we’re not putting certain people over others based on wealth. Every country’s leader should take away from this is put people the people of the country first, and to build a successful
The Roman world was engulfed by tsunami, and 50,000 people lost their lives. “In the second year of the reign of Valens (366 CE) the Roman world was shaken by a violent and destructive earthquake… the tide soon returned with the weight of an immense flood which was severely felt on the coasts of Sicily…” ( Doc F). Second example is a series of plagues sickened and killed off Rome citizens. “ The resulting diseases decimated the population.” ( Doc F). This affected Rome greatly because many people were killed and others too sick, which lowered number of people able to be in conscription. So, the Romans had to get help from the Germanic soldiers. In conclusion the Romans fell due to things going in their natural environment. The primary reasons Rome “fell” was because of a poor government, they misunderstood their enemies, and natural disasters & diseases. All together as a whole we should take away from this is before just going to fight our enemies let’s get an understanding about who they are. Also, we should make sure everyone is equal and that we’re not putting certain people over others based on wealth. Every country’s leader should take away from this is put people the people of the country first, and to build a successful