The government had to stop conscription and bring barbarians, which led to the fall of Rome. The government was becoming so distant from the people that the citizens stopped caring about the government, and the city of Rome and other older cities started to go to ruins. ... With the capitivity of its people by the government, the roads, the buildings and statues were left to rot and fall apart, especially after the fall. ... With no people to do the up keep of Rome, it decayed and led to a dark age in the West....

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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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