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Reasons why the Roman Empire fell were because Rome was rapidly growing in territory. This leaded to more people guarding the land. We got this information [|here]. The growth of the Roman Empire grew bigger that they conquered land that barbarians owned. Then the taxes grew bigger and people started to lose more money that they were getting broke. The Roman Empire soon were getting in more warfare and had to pay more to get soldiers and including barbarians that lost in war, and mercenaries were allowed in the Roman army.  s530.photobucket.com The Government was usually threatened of bankruptcy and soon, the Roman's taxes got higher and more difficult. The average number of inhabitants of the Roman Empire failed to share the incredible prosperity of Rome. The flow of valuable expenses such as gold was led to a shortage of gold to put in Roman coins. The Roman currency was devalued to an extent that the system of bartering returned to one of the most awesome civilizations the world has ever known. According the time of the Roman Empire, there was Christianity that had people believed that afterlife which gave bravery and courage to the desperate people. Though eventually a Roman Emperor, [|Constantine the Great], proclaimed himself a Christian and issued an edict promising the Christians his favor and protection. The Romans had too much slavery during the first two centuries of the Roman Empire and depended on the slave labor led to the decline of morals.

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Not only there were foreign wars or street fights but natural disasters including earthquakes. Most of the people were turning to different religions and were starting to blame people. Rome had many foreign enemies like Visigoths. Their worst enemies were the barbarians and the Romans were partially destroyed by the Visigoths 410 and by the Vandals in 455. Gladiatorial games were really expensive to pay for to be provided and took one-third of their total income of money to use. The Roman’s survival lasted till 537 A.D. during a war of the Goths. The aqueducts that Rome provided were also destroyed and the Romans couldn’t live without water and unfortunately, their population fell by 90%.