Why Rome fell
Rome: Once the largest ruling power, now shattered. What happened so many centuries ago, to make such a eminent power crumble to the ground? Powers come and go but their legacies live on. These legacies are our pedagogues; we learn from them and perfect ourselves and our nations. In researching Rome's past, I believe that the primary cause of the fall of Rome was due to political and economic reasons. Rome was contrived to handle a small country, not a leading super power. This created problems in the way situations were handled both domestically and internationally. This ultimately led to the down fall of Rome. From the start, Rome had the makings of a ruling empire. They adapted the best and made it even better. The Romans focused on the practical side of things. Poetry, resplendent architecture, and philosophy was not well known in the Roman world. It was no wonder that the Romans contro
In addition to this, slavery was the basis of the Roman economy. Slaves, in addition to being expensive, were difficult to control. They assembled revolts. Between 134 B.C. and 101 B.C. slaves in Sicily revolted twice. Also in 73 B.C., Spartacus led a revolt of 90,000 slaves. This revolt lasted for two years, and devastated much of central and southern Italy. lled the entire Italian Peninsula by 264 B.C. and by 133 B.C. most of the Hellenistic world became Roman provinces. For the Romans the quandary wasn't being able to conquer but to hold on to what was theirs'. The reasons that this proved to be difficult for the Romans were that the government wasn't designed to rule such a large empire. Also the Romans didn't fully develop trade and commerce. Another reason was that there was no formal law of succession. Lastly, slaves were the basis of the economy. One of the biggest influences on
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