By: Edward, Scotty

 

 

Political unrest

 

There were many reasons for the fall of the Roman Empire. The ones being covered on this site are Government difficulties, Roman inflation, and the size of the empire.

 

Government difficulties

The man nation was divided into two parts eastern and western Rome. Since they weren’t united and the nation was too wide to be governed by two people it was vulnerable to invasion by barbary nomadic tribes.

 

The western tribe had more problems then the east so it was taken over first. Apart from the invasions, they had a number of other problems.

 

Deceptive generals corrupted the society. The gap between rich and poor was too great making many citizens go crazy out of jealousy. The rich people were not interested in solving these problems and did not put their money into these flaws.

 

Roman inflation

 

The roman economy suffered from inflation. Once romans stopped conquering new lands, gold

flow decreased.  Even though gold flow decreased, gold was spent by romans to pay for luxury items.

 

Meaning there was less gold to use in coins. As the amount of gold decreased, the coins became less valuable. Because there was less gold, merchants were forced to raise prices on goods they sold.

 

Roman empire size

The Roman empire was too big because there were too many citizens and too much land. It could no longer remain a republic. No single empire could rule over everything Rome had. It was split in two and did stay stay for a couple more years but the divide meant that they needed to split power.

 

Rome wasn’t as powerful as it was in its prime which made it easier to attack. Eventually nomadic Barbarians invaded Rome when it was already suffering from the problems mentioned.

 

In conclusion, Rome had a rise and fall but that’s obvious. So will America have a rise and fall?