First was the spreading of Christianity. It was one of the leading causes for the fall of the Roman empire. Then Christianity lead to love and devotion to another god. This god people prayed to was one god, and Romans now practiced monotheism for the first time in history. The Christians then changed ancient temples into churches and places of worship …show more content…
Eventually it was indefinately split in half. Each half, known as eastern or western, had two rulers. For example, a president and a vice president, officially known as a senior augustus and a junior caesar. The Eastern half was the Latin portion. The Western half was the Greek portion. Lead poisoning was also theorized to decrease population caused from bad pipes around the now split empire.
Mass migration struck when there was nothing left to stay for. Thousands of people left, destroying the economy and the military. People set out for a new place to inhabit rather than the now run down and corrupt, once power-house empire. As they went on to become what Romans called barbarians, and emperors were not getting any better. They took what they wanted and had no respect for Rome’s history. Many killed innocents, paranoid about losing their throne.
The thing that Rome lacked the most was an arduous defense. Rome was pummelled and battered by invaders. These invaders include, the Saxons, Franks, Angles, Visigoths, Ostrogoths, and Vandals. They had no strategy nor manpower to defeat its enemies. Each of these marauders took their piece of Roman land. To name a few, the Saxons and Angles occupied the British Isles, and the Franks made France their …show more content…
There were extraordinary leaders and villains in its society. It had an even more noteworthy ending. A once taboo religion turned into the literal hail mary of religions, and the Romans watched their civilization crumble in front and on top of them. Hereafter, Romans watched the value of everything they owned decrease to nothing. The power house that was once Rome split into two, each ruled by different leaders. There was mass migration, with thousands of Romans leaving for something better and new. Consequently, the already dwindling and unstable military turned into a small group of inexperienced fighters. Soon after, the West is toke over and was ruled by barbarians. Finally, after struggling to hold on, the East was taken over and ultimately destroyed by it’s own people and the Roman empire was forever gone as we know