Anticleia Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 There were MANY different factors, remember the downfall happened over a long period of time. It depends on whether you want to class the very end (When Constantinople was taken by the Turks) as the downfall, or the gradual reduction in size that happened over many years. As well as looking in books specifically on the Roman Empire, I'd also reccomend looking in books that look at a number of the great empires of the world - these will then have good chapters focusing on the cause and effect of decline leading to the actual downfall. Motyl (2001) "Imperial Ends: THe Decay, Collapse and Revival of Empires" is a good start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pompeius magnus Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 Now every one is tired of me saying this I know, but you don't need to look further than Christianity, look at one of my past topics to get details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerfectimusPrime Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 What was the most significant factor for the downfall of the Roman Empire?? 1. De-romanization of the military and the lack of new volunteers and recruits. 2. Bad Emperors and scandals. 3. Civil wars 4. Lack of accepted dynasty. 5. Plagues possibly smallbox and malaria. 6. Corruption 7. And last and least the barbarians. EDIT: I think that christianity didin't have that great of an effect upon the downfall of the empire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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