The Fall of Rome

Rome was not built in a day, and it didn't fall in a day either. However there is more than one reason as to why Rome fell. The geography of Rome played an important part when Rome was being built, but it also played a role at the downfall of Rome. Since the empire was surrounding the Mediterranean, it was difficult to the defend the wester part of the empire from the various tribes that invaded from north. The Roman economy was also too weak for the things it needed to support like the expansion of the government and the army as well as the import of expensive goods. The government expanded, forcing people to work harder and the civil wars didn't help either since they were very costly. The amount of people decreased since there were fewer slaves, and the death rate was very high. Fewer farmers needed to make goods for more people now, however it was not possible since they did not have any advanced agricultural tools. One of the major contributers to the fall of Rome was the fact that it's army was no longer strong enough to defeat the barbarians that took over Rome.

I think that the fall of Rome was inevitable ever since Christianity became the main religion. The power shifted from Rome to the church, and ever since then the government was struggling to control the empire. At times they had things under control but most of the time, the people had to work hard for the empire to last, and it simply couldn't work out. The struggles for power were very costly and the empire just couldn't be held together anymore.