Empire: The Rise And Fall Of The Roman Empire

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The Roman Empire was the greatest ancient empire with a run of nearly five hundred years. By 476 AD the western half of the Roman Empire collapsed. The most commonly accepted theories by the historians for its demise are: • Slavery: The Roman society was divided into free persons and slaves. They provided manual labour, domestic help and did many high skilled and professional jobs. • Heavy taxes: As the empire expanded more people had to be conscripted into the army to protect the realm. More money for salaries of people was required so people in all the Roman territories were heavily taxed. • Invasion by barbarians: The Barbarian Germanic tribes such as the Vandals and the Visigoths invaded cities and took over the lands which lead to a decline

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