The Fall of Rome: Political and Economic Corruption

roman Empire kneeled to the power of political and cone mimic corruption, foreign invasions, along with natural disasters and diseases. The Roman Empire was assumed to be a fearless empire, however, capital of Italy expel oriented much corruption, both politically and scotchally. Rome had a total of 19 e emperors from 235285 CE ( text file A ). Thirteen of the nineteen emperors either were, or were assumed to set out been, assassinated. A pattern Of assassination in royalty alludes to the FAA CT that people were sad with their rulers.Along with that, a constant change of emperors ma ekes it hard for anything to get done, because as the new emperor takes over priorities often change. The Roman economic and nicety system was very much in favor of the wealthy A wee Itty lawbreaker Is not punished for his injustice, maculation a poor man.. Undergoes I gallon penalty. ( Document E ). This injustice caused for the poor people to reject their sustain home, the peep eel became l ess willing to fight to keep their empire thriving.Rome, though viewed as this titanic, strong, and unbreakable empire, this was not the case. Negligence lead to the abandonment of the public armor and parade grog undo drills. The Roman soldiers fought without armor because the armor became too heavy, f or the men never wore them.. Michael Grant states that, There nooky be little doubt that the wee nesses of the late Roman troops was largely due to the eventual failure ( Document B ). The overleap of trained soldiers resulted in legion(predicate) issues, as illustrated in Document C Rome was open to many different invaders.Rome lacks the natural borders some ancient civilizations such as G rice possessed. Due to the lack of borders The Hunks substantially overthrew the Roman people. Sins e The Hunks exceed any definition of savagery ( Document D) he untrained, lazy, and unprotected Roman soldiers had no chance of victory. Natural disasters and plagues caused for a quick drop of Roman population Fifty thousand persons had at sea their lives in the flood in the city Of Alexandria all en ( Document With so many lives lost the amount of people to help protect the country go away greatly. This lack of people make it even easier for the already brutally superscript Hunks to ova retorts the almighty Rome. If Rome had not been affected by such strong disasters and disease more soldiers would have been able to contribute to fighting the Hunks. Rome could have lasted for a longer period Of time if not for the political and economic corruption.The empire may still be striving today if the Roman soldiers would have remained diligent, still practicing their marches. Growing accustomed to their armor so t hey could actually wear it in combat. If it werent for the lack of natural borders in the large MME ire the Hunks may not have been able to inundate the land. some other document that would be into resting to read would be about how the Hung warriors felt whil e invading and conquering this foreign land.