There were many reasons for the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. Each document in this essay explains a different reason. Some causes were: political, economic, social, and military differences and problems. Basically, the problem was that the gap between the rich aristocrats and the poor serfs got bigger and bigger; the rich got richer as the poor got poorer. Also, when something grows, it always falls back down.

In Document 1, an excerpt from a book was taken out. According to the authors, the basic problems facing the Western Roman Empire came from the people that gave up devotion to the old civilization and didn't believe that it was worth saving. Why should they care about their land if they weren't allowed to take part in government say, they couldn't form groups to protect themselves, and were

Slavery caused another problem to the Roman Empire. Slaves took the jobs of farmers; bosses preferred slaves (low wages); farmers were left unemployed. They fled to the cities for search of better life, only to find more unemployment, famine, and bad living conditions. In this case, poor farmers lost jobs and land and became even more poor, while the rich landowners/slave owners got richer because they could pay less (for slaves as opposed to farmers) and hire even more slaves. This is an example of "the rich getting richer; the poor getting poorer"

In Document 3, the Muller's explanation for the decline was an economic issue. As the Empire grew stronger, so did economy. When the Empire started to decline, business ceased and there was little progress, so that also crashed along with the empire itself.

The cause of the "Fall of the Roman Empire" was Rome's weakness i

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