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= ** The Fall of Rome ** =

A combination of such factors as Christianity, decadence, lead, monetary trouble and military problems caused the Roman Empire to fall. Even the rise of Islam is blamed for the fall of Ancient Rome. Poeple say other civilizations wanted Romes fertile land because it was too cold in northern Europe to grow any food and they needed more room. Sense Rome pretty much took over all of the mediteraninan, germens started to invade Rome & problems started to happen at the borders of Rome. While all of this was happening Rome was so big most people were not aware of what was happening in Rome. I got this information here 

Maintaining an army to defend the border of the Empire from barbarian attacks was a constant drain on the government. Military spending left few resources for other vital activities, such as providing public housing and maintaining quality roads and aqueducts. Frustrated Romans lost their desire to defend the Empire. The empire had to begin hiring soldiers recruited from the unemployed city mobs or worse from foreign counties. Such an army was not only unreliable, but very expensive. The emperors were forced to raise taxes.

 For years, the well-disciplined Roman army held the bararians of Germany back. Then in the third century A. D. the Roman soldiers were pulled back from the Rhine-Danube frontier to fight civil war in Italy. This left the Roman border open to attack. Gradually Germanic hunters and herders from the north began to overtake Roman lands in Greece and Gaul (later France). Then in 476 A. D. the Germanic general Odacer or Odovacar overthrew the last of the Roman Emperors, Augustulus Romulus. From then on the western part of the Empire was ruled by Germanic chieftain. Roads and bridges were left in disrepair and fields left untilled. Pirates and bandits made travel unsafe. Cities could not be maintained without goods from the farms, trade and business began to disappear. And Rome was no more in the West. The total fall of the Roman empire. I got my Information [|here]

Some researchers suggested that lead played a major part in the fall of Rome. Leads discover dates back in 3500 B.C. Lead were used for cups, pipes, toys, statues, cosmetics, coffins, and roofs. Wine makers found out that wine tasted better and lasted longer if it was mixed with concentrated grape syrup called sapa. Sapa was boiled in lead pots, allowing lead to sink in the syrup. Only wealthy people could afford wine, only the wealthy people were getting crazy. Since wealthy people had power and money if they are going crazy Rome will pay for it.

So all these problems mixed together could have been the cause for the fall of Rome. Rome could not fix or handle any more of the damage caused by naturalness or by barbarians. The roman empire were at the top of there game, who would've guessed that the biggest empire in ancient times would've fallen like this. Most people should be glad that the roman empire ended or we would most likely be slaves right now.