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This 4 page paper discusses the many reasons for the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, and how these different reasons correlated to each other. Furthermore, this paper asserts that the downfall of Rome was inevitable, due to the complexity of the factors leading to this event. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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fell because these factors left Rome open to the invasion of outsiders. But to separate any one from another is nearly impossible, since each intertwined with the others to
create just the right conditions for the demise of this once ancient power. Among the most significant of reasons was
Christianity (The Reasons for the Fall of Rome, 2003). The emergence of Christianity in Rome created a vast number of pacifists, which then resulted in making in more difficult
to defend against the barbarians who were attacking (The Reasons for the Fall of Rome, 2003). Additionally, a lot of money was funneled into Christianity, in the form of
building churches, converting, etc. - money that would have formerly been used to maintain the empire (The Reasons for the Fall of Rome, 2003).
Yet another important contributing factor was the decline of morals and values in the ancient Roman civilization (The Reasons for the Fall of Rome, 2003).
It was these morals and values that had served to keep the empire bound together for generations, and therefore as the morals and values started to erode, so too did
the empire (The Reasons for the Fall of Rome, 2003). The cities became unsafe due to the vast crime and violence which overtook them. Prostitution was rampant, and
Rome alone claimed to have about 32,000 such citizens (The Reasons for the Fall of Rome, 2003). Eating and drinking were popular "sports", and would progress to the point
that participants often became ill (The Reasons for the Fall of Rome, 2003). Even more engaging though were the gladiator fights, which served to only rile audiences and whet
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