The beginning of Rome came with many advantages from the start as it was surrounded by the sea. There were endless possibilities of trade and because of the major influence by the Greeks who settled south of Italy potential was a trait that was in the waiting. The Greeks taught the Romans necessary skills such as reading and writing and their religion was majorly influenced from Greek mythology. When Rome was at the top it stretched from south of Egypt, across the North Sea, from the north of England, and along Spain and Africa. The decline was slow but in large increments until about the 5th century. The fall of the empire was motivated by internal destruction of its economic state, social and political stability and nonstop attacks by neighboring threats and barbarians.
There were some reasons for the drop of the Roman Empire. Each one intervened with the other. Religion was one of the many factors that helped contribute to the fall of the Roman Empire. Romans were polytheistic which means to believe in many gods whereas Christianity was monotheistic. Because of the growing popularity of the rising Christian religion, Romans were prosecuting Christians which was a popular religion amongst the poor because it gave them a sense of hope. The Roman emperor Constantine declared Christianity to be the main religion and ended all the wrongdoings to the citizens that came upon them because of their religious beliefs. Over time the religion spread across the whole empire.
Numerous even blame the initiation of Christianity for the down turn. Christianity made many Roman people into peacemakers, making it more difficult to defend against the barbarian attackers. Furthermore the injection of money utilized to build churches could have be...
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...he Roman troops were pulled back from the Rhine-Danube outskirts to battle war in Italy. This left the Roman outskirts open to assault. Bit by bit Germanic warriors and herders from the north started to surpass Roman territory in Greece and Gaul. At that point in 476 A. D. the Germanic general Odacer ousted to overthrow the Roman Emperor, Augustulus Romulus. From that point on the western part of the Empire was governed by Germans. Streets and bridges were left in decay and fields left untilled. Rouge sailors and criminals made travel hazardous. Cities couldn't be looked after without merchandise from the homesteads. Trades and business started to vanish. Also Rome was nonexistent in the West. This led to the complete end of the Roman Empire. Who could believe that such a great empire like Rome could fall so easily? An empire built up conquest and divine structure.
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