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Economic Issues In Ancient Rome

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Economic issues were a large contributor to the Roman Empire and its fall, as well as why the people needed to be distracted. The value of silver went down to the point that their coin, the denarius, was only brass coated in silver rather than being one hundred percent silver. Due to this, taxes were raised for all people in the Roman Empire. The people needed the distraction from all of this happening and the government found this distraction in the gladiatorial games. Regardless, however, of the economic class of the citizens, they all were able to attend and did so due to it being the best entertainment at the time. Politically, many emperors were being assassinated in Rome, and mercenaries were not being loyal to it, causing the politics

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