The Fall of The Western Roman Empire
The Roman Empire gave the world many fascinating things. Rome gave the world Christianity, which is now the world’s largest religion. The Romans also gave the world their language. The Romans spoke Latin, which is the base for most languages used today. Many of these languages include English, Spanish, Italian, French, and Portuguese. This leads the reader to question, “If Rome was such a powerful empire, then what led to the decline of the Roman Empire?” The fall of the Western Roman Empire was caused by three of the many reasons: internal decay, lack of money, and invading tribes.
First, one of the reasons that led to the decline of the Western Roman Empire was internal decay. It has been said that the Roman’s military crisis was a huge factor in this internal decay. According to Indro Montanelli, “the military crisis was the result of… shortage of children.” The children in Rome were not old enough at the time to serve in the......
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