The emperors have no control over the people and do nothing but stall the decline of Rome. Bread and Circus' do nothing more than bring temporary peace to the empire, and after they're over the continuous problems of everyday life still occur. The Circus', created by emperors, instill sadistic morals of bloodshed and violence into the citizens, as well as halt all technological advancement. With these excursions all military and economics froze in place while other civilizations advanced and evolved, and eventually took over Rome. You can not account the decline to just this reason though.

Government became power hungry and tried to control the

Not only emperors grew corrupt, but the others with power grew corrupt also. The senate grew oppressive and lost control of the people. The result of this is the people hate the senate, do not follow anything the senate commands, and the people also grow angry and revolt against the senate. The military weakened when the emperor lost authority over the soldiers. Generals then became the only people that the soldiers would follow and take orders from, and do not this extra power was not abused by the generals. This was not the only way generals seized additional power. Generals took every chance they got, even if this meant using young emperors as their power tools to gain status and power. Consider this was truly not that hard of a task when you have young emperors that have no knowledge of how to rule a gigantic empire and everyone wants to be your friend for political purposes. If you are still not convinced that politics are the main cause for the decline of Rome then read on.

Social problems existed throughout Rome, but can not be accounted as the main factor in the decline of Rome. The people looked up to the emperor as a role model and mentor, but with an eleven year-old or a corrupt and power hungry emperor it is not too hard to imagine how the morals and values of the people declined. Christianity did not contribute to the decline of Rome as some may say. One of the main lessons Jesus taught was to "turn the other cheek". This means if someone was to hit you on one cheek you should turn the other cheek and let him hit that cheek as well. If all of the soldiers were to "turn the other cheek" in battle the Roman army would be massacred. This is argued to be a large cause of the decline of the military. Near the time of the decline of Rome, many followers and even the rulers that accepted it had corrupted Christianity. They adapted their own views of Christianity in which there was no "turning the other cheek".5

The economy

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