Being a former history instructor of high school kids and considering the turmoil going on in this country I thought of the reasons for the fall of the once great Roman Empire.
Do you see any similarities between them and us?
- Decline in values and morals. Even during the Pax Romana (stable and relatively peaceful period), there were more than 30,000 prostitutes in Rome.
- Public health and diseases. In the Roman Empire there were many environmental and public health problems. ...
- Poor technological development. Another factor that contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire was that during the last 400 years of the empire, the scientific achievements of the ...
- Inflation. The Roman economy underwent inflation (excessive increase of prices) just after the reign of the emperor Marco Aurelio.
- Urban decay. The wealthy Romans lived in"domus", or houses with marble walls, floors made of multi-colored tiles and windows closed by small glasses.
- A divided empire. The Roman Empire was divided not only geographically, but also culturally. ...
- Invasions of Barbarians. Rome received the barbarians, term that was used for all type of foreigners and groups that arrived at the Roman Empire.
- Too much military spending. Keeping an army that defended the borders of the Roman Empire from the constant attacks of the barbarians was a permanent expense for the government.
- Christianity and Decreased Civic Virtue. The famous historian Edward Gibbon explains that it was the adoption of Christianity that made the Romans"soft."
- Political corruption. Rome is famous for some questionable emperors, including Nero and Caligula, to name a few. ...
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