The Fall Of Rome

One of the greatest empires in history, was the Roman Empire. After reaching its maximum power it began to fall drastically.Three reasons contributing to the fall of Rome include Border control, the population decreased , and their economy failed.

The first point that contributed to the fall is border control. According to document 2 from the article, it suggests “It had grown so large it could not take care or protect itself.” Another important piece of evidence to support this statement is “... borders became difficult to secure…” furthermore this means the borders were hard to keep safe away from attacks if possible.Today the U.S. has a problem with the southern border (Mexico border), as a nation we are making laws set forth by the president to stop this from happening like attacks from the sides or illegal immigrants coming in. Another document that goes along with the evidence suggested above, the picture shows Rome was being attacked from many angles and sides by many different groups/empires. All of the attacks shown on the map in the key it says the time frame is 400 years, meaning after every attack they (Rome) would be weakened even more.

To support the fall of Rome furthermore another reason is the population decreased. From the article specifically …show more content…
As I said earlier, the article said “ the Roman coin was completely worthless .” Concluding from that statement Rome’s economy wasn’t much of an economy