Ancient Rome

1. Describe the internal factors that led to the collapse of the Roman empire?- Rome did not fall in one event, it was a slow decline over many years. Rome did not fall in one event, it was a slow decline over many years. The reasons for the fall of the empire it includes military overreach, invasion by emboldened tribes of Huns and Visigoths from northern and central Europe, inflation, corruption, and political incompetence.

2. Explain the combination of external factors that contributed to Rome's loss of power?- There were a lot of external problems that caused more power loss like attacks from other armies and factions like barbarians. Overall the decline of the Roman military machine in effect allowed barbarians to raid trade and create political instability. With the end of the expansion, the army was just 600,000 mouths to feed. Empire could not maintain enough troops to support new borders.


3. Describe the impact of Christianity on the Roman rule?- Violence is bad. Not good if you are a Roman. New churches had to be built.The Christian afterlife made people want to live a more pure life.Also, many Christians thought Rome should fall!. Overall Christianity led to more strain on an empire that was already in trouble. People became more loyal to "god" then the empire. Finally, the idea of Roman superiority was broken and forgotten.