Decline Roman Empire

The unmistakable impression that the end and disappearance of the Roman Empire was a shattering and negative event in the human history; yet at the same time it remains unquestioned as to why this great empire had fallen or was it transformed into something else. Recent evidence suggests that this group of people who are used sophisticated features and comforts disappeared in the West during the fifth to seventh centuries. Moreover, with the proximity of the dates between the collapse and the invasion of the Germanic during the fifth and sixth centuries, the change of Roman Empire may have been caused by the constant disruption of war and the disintegration of the peaceful trading-world. However, recent scholarships have begun to down play

However, as part of the suspected reason for the downfall of the Roman Empire warfare was not far from this particular costal town, which suffered heavily from the Gothic arm passing through its territory. As a coastal city Luna suffered a slow decline from the Mediterranean trade, it was during the fourth and fifth centuries that the quarries were abandoned for seven hundred years. It was also around the same time that we find archaeological findings that provide evidence of the downfall of the roman cities. Many of their great inventions were destroyed such as the aqueducts, sewage systems and the stone houses. For cities that were built upon mortared stones and marble, with the abandonment of these mines, settlements began using wood, thatch and beaten earth. Furthermore, indications of their sophisticated and prosperity totally disappeared, as one of the most striking changes in building materials to a much less permanent structure caused by cultural choice rather than economic