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3000 BCE
Lead poising
-Historians also believe that lead poising caused there default in numbers to also help in the falling of Rome.
-There makeup was made out of lead.
-They would also boil a plant that made a good sweetener with there lead pots and that is also one of the reasons they were getting sick. -
1181 BCE
Over expansion
-They had way to much land to care for so they made a legislative nightmare.
- Didn't have communication for all of the land they had. -
476 BCE
Corrupt Government
-The size of Rome made it hard to Govern.
-They would let the Emperors bodyguard kill him if they were not fit to run. -
476 BCE
Wasting currency
-spend it on the coliseum instead of on the military.(One third of the money was wasted)
-waste large amounts on a daily basis. -
Period: 400 BCE to 301 BCE
War with the Huns.
-In 390 B.C the Huns came and attacked Rome.
-Attacked Ostrogoth two years after they came to Europe. -
330 BCE
The east
-When Constantine made Christianity a Religion he split Rome in two and was a dumb mistake.
-Over time the east became provincial and full of life.
-The east and the west traded. -
330 BCE
The west
-The west was the least provincial of the two places.
-They would trade with the east and they didn't have enough money to pay them for there food.
-there currency meant nothing. -
Period: 313 BCE to 64
Christianity
-Constantine made it legal to be christian.
-The Government blamed the fall of Rome on the Christians only, because it drew out a lot of there ancient things that they would actually need. -
100 BCE
Slaves
-They relied to much on the slaves that it probably killed them.
-they let tons of slaves go and it hurt them in the long run. -
Period: 96 BCE to 180
taxes
-Nero and other Emperors would debase the currency in order to get more money.
-The government thought it would be a good idea if they put more taxes on the people.
-Even some rich people couldn't afford the taxes so they would move to country side. -
27 BCE
Overspending on Military.
-They didn't have enough troops to fight against the rebels or against the outside forces.
-Wasted money on the wrong things instead of the Military. -
Period: 1 BCE to 400 BCE
Inferior technology
-They relied to much on salves to make there on technology better.
-They were losing territories. -
Period: 43 to 410
weakening of Roman army's
-They hired Germanic soldiers, but they weren't loyal to the Roman empire.
-The army was so corrupted that even the army's leader's weren't loyal to the Roman empire. -
117
Debased currency
-In the end of there rein the coin meant nothing at all.
-Before there coins were made of gold and silver and as the empire got older the metals got harder to find. -
200
Expansion of the government
-In order to keep there wealth, cause they were wasting money, they had to tax a lot harder.
-The Roman senate was wasting money and they basically ended them selves. -
Period: 200 to 300
Family disintegration
-They had to be tied down and was frowned apron if they got divorced because of Christianity.
-Low birth rate. -
Period: 200 to 300
Political instability
-Rome had problems when it came to empires some were fine but some were really bad and screwed them over.
-Crime rates went up and once safe roman streets were now a death sentence for some people. -
377
Black plague and other diseases.
-Many historians believe that the black plague other diseases hit Rome hard enough that the barbarians could attack them.
-The small pox also hit when they were at war with the barbarians so they didn't have enough men to fight them. -
378
Barbarian tribes
-When the Huns invaded Germanic some of the survivors would stay at the border of Rome. The Romans started neglecting them they started a revolt.
-They made a peace treaty with Rome, but it soon be forgotten. -
410
Economic troubles
-They were having trouble on the in side and out.
-The line between poverty and wealth is a huge gap.
