Causes Of The Fall Of Western Rome

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The fall of western Rome

My name is Joanna Mukasa and I am going to be writing about what I think the main cause of the fall of western Rome is. I believe that the main cause of the fall of Rome is, the rise of Christianity. It is said that because of the rise of Christianity in ancient Rome many traditional roman value were betrayed or forgotten.

The Christian religion is monotheistic unlike the traditional roman religion which was polytheistic, because Christianity was different, some romans prosecuted them for their religion. In 313 C.E., the roman emperor Constantine the great stopped prosecution against Christians and declared tolerance to them. Later in that century Christianity became Romes state religion being that so many people