Rome faced many problems in the third century. ... To start off Rome had some social and Economic problems. ... Also shown in this map were the Huns, who began to move west. The Huns were made up of skilled riders and warriors who caused people in their path to move west out of fear. ... In 476 A.D, or the date known as the fall of the Roman Empire, a Germanic leader pushed out the last emperor in Rome. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

This history essay will describe and account for the decline and fall of the Roman Empire in the west from AD 198 to AD 476. The essay will start by giving a brief history of Rome, and then list the primary reasons and account for the fall of Western Rome. ... The Fall of Rome has been debated all over the world by modern historians. ... Diocletian realized that Rome was too big to be controlled by just one emperor, so he divided the empire into two sections, the west and east. ... Rome itself was under the rule of the barbarians, and the control of Rome over the West had effectively ended. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The Decline of Rome and Transformation into Medieval Europe: Contents 1. ... The west Germanic group, centred on the North Sea coast, included Batavians, Frisians, Franks, Alamans, Jutes, Angles, and Saxons. ... Then came the Visigoths who sacked first Athens in 396 and then Rome in 410. ... Rome was again sacked by Genseric a vandal in 455. ... They withdrew later by the persuasion of the Patriarch of Rome, Leo I. ...

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Rome for a period of time was considered the center of civilization for years. ... As life got harder in the West over time taxes got so high that people could no longer bear such burden. ... There were very many causes both immediate and both long-term that led to the fall of Western Rome. In conclusion I would like to mention that there were many things led to the fall of Rome. Many mistakes were made along the path that led to the fall of Western Rome....

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The fall of the Roman Empire The Roman Empire fell because of political weakness, but this was not the only factor involved. ... Rome was considered the center of civilization for years. ... Under the rule of Diocletian and later Constantine, the empire was split into Western and Eastern parts of Rome. ... Rome was slowly falling, the only thing that was still kind of keeping the empire together were the rich nobles who were making money by making the peasants work for them for very little pay but these peasants needed money to feed their families so they worked. ... As life got harder i...

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• Grade Level: High School

Justinian's Flea by William Rosen describes the fall of the Roman Empire from the division of the Empire by Diocletian to the start of the rise of the Islamic powers. ... The Roman Empire was split up by Diocletian into east and west with Rome being the dividing line. ... At the same time Rosen describes to us the fall of the west and the rise of other powers in the western Mediterranean especially the Goths, Vandals and Huns. The rise of the East coincides with the fall of the West and the Byzantine Empire that would emerge from the city of Constantinople would become the heart of the re...

• Word Count: 708
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate