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Fall of the Roman Empire

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Just like a strong mountain, Rome was once a powerful empire, and just as predicted, it dramatically collapsed; falling under the weight of political instability, foreign invasions and drastic population losses. In the Roman empire, citizens were treated unfairly. Priscus, a roman ambassador to the "Huns stated that he favored his new life better than his life with the Romans" (Document E). The roman leaders were corrupt and treated their people wrong, causing their overall morale to be low. "The ambassador said that the government in Rome was destroying the city state of Rome (Document E) . Frequent changes in emperors contributed to Rome's fall. During 235-285 CE Rome withstood 21 emperors. (Document A) Rome's politician powers were unstable which resulted in weak leadership in the Roman empire. "The constant foreign invasion on the Roman empire was a big threat to Rome  (Document C). Within 81 years, (370-451 CE) at least 6 tribes invaded Rome. By then, Rome was almost completely destroyed with no strong government and no one to protect their once prevailing land. Over the course of 81 years, the Huns, Angles, Saxons, Vandals, Ostrogoths, and Visigoths invaded Rome (Document C). The negligence and laziness in the military was a main reason for the tragic fall. "Roman leaders had made an irresponsible decision about their military (Document B).  Since there was no strong government/leader these 6 tribes came through and attacked Rome and ventured throughout the barren empire. The Huns were fierce fighters. The Romans had great difficulty defending themselves against the brutal Huns. "Fired with an overwhelming desire of others" (Document D) The Huns can be best described as "nomadic  and "wild like animals." The Huns roamed through Rome destroyed all of the land. They were always moving with their wagons from destination to destination (Document D). The aggressive tactics of the Huns were successful in conquering

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