THE FALL OF ROMEAN ANALYISIS

GEOGRAPHY• SOME FLAT LAND, SOME MOUNTAINS

• ROME WAS LARGE, ACTUALLY TOO LARGE TO

GOVERN.

• FIGHTING ON TWO FRONTS, THE EAST AND

NORTHERN.

ECONOMICS• SOME OF THE ROMANS WERE WEALTHY (FEW).

• A LOT LIVED IN POVERTY.

• “EXCESS FOR THE FEW, AND OPPRESSION FOR THE MANY.”

• RICH GOT RICHER, THE POOR GOT POORER.

• ROME WAS WEALTHY, PEOPLE WANTED THAT WEALTH

• CHRISTIANITY CHANGED THE ECONOMY BECAUSE ITS IDEALS

REVOLVED AROUND EQUALITY.

POLITICAL• 30 GENERALS CLAIMED TO BE EMPEROR IN 30 YEARS. WEAK

LEADERSHIP.

• RULERS WERE FAILING IN GENERAL– IGNORING THE PEOPLE,

EMPERORS WERE THOUGHT OF AS A JOKE.

• CONSTANTINE CLAIMED HIMSELF AS CHRISTIAN AND MADE

CHRISTIANITY THE NATIONAL RELIGION.

• TOO MANY LAWS, CITIZENS DIDN’T KNOW WHICH ONE TO

FOLLOW.

• ROME SPLIT IN TWO– EAST AND WEST.

SOCIAL STRUCTURES• SOCIAL FABRIC WAS SHREDDED. USED TO ALLOW MANY CULTURES

AND RELIGIONS, NOW THEY WERE LIMITED TO CHRISTIANITY.

• TOO MANY CHANGES, COULDN’T KEEP UP.

• CHRISTIANITY PROMOTED SOCIAL/ECONOMIC EQUALITY.

• 1/3 PEOPLE WERE SLAVES

• USED TO HAVE PRIDE IN ROMAN VALUES, SOON VALUES WERE NO

LONGER.

• MORE GRUESOME ENTERTAINMENT, TO KEEP THEIR MIND OFF OF

ROME’S FAILURES.

OUTSIDE FORCES• BARBARIANS CONQUERED LANDS AND DEMANDED

GOODS

• NATURE FORCED NOMADIC PEOPLE TO MIGRATE

WEST FROM NORTHERN ASIA BECAUSE OF

FREEZING TEMPERATURES.

• WHICH CAUSED FIGHTING ON MANY FRONTS