The two factors that most contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire were greatly impactful in Ancient History. Before the fall of the Empire, during the Pax Romana, Emperors ruled longer and most likely died of natural causes. During the decline, the reign was much shorter and they were most likely to be murdered. Thanks to Dioclectian’s reign, the New Empire was introduced, giving people more rights and protection. However, this resulted in great consequences as it became harder to govern and harder to manage. The Economy of Rome was a great reason as to why the Empire fell. The Economy of Rome was unstable due to the way the emperors had ruled and their unreasonably mistaken choices, leading to a lack of trade and poverty. The Leadership …show more content…
As stated before, during the Pax Romana, leaders reigned for a good amount of time, most likely dying of natural causes. After the Pax Romana, leaders reigned for a very, very short amount of time and were most likely assassinated or murdered. Source 2 of the Leadership category explains how the emperors of Rome were ineffective, weak, and inconsistent. They cared more about the wealth of Rome than the people and the citizens lost their trust in the government. It explains how the "ineffective, weak and inconsistent leadership only made things worse." This shows that their leadership did not benefit Rome at all only adding on to the reasons why Rome fell. The leaders cared more about gaining and maintaining wealth than meeting the needs of the people. The Senate had no power to do anything to stop this. This resulted in the citizens to lose their trust in the Roman government. Source 1 of the Leadership category corroborated this when it says how Leadership was inefficient, weak, and they were unable to meet the needs of the people. There was no economic stability. The Leaders of theRoman Empire were weak and unreliable. They were unable to meet the needs of the people and did not end up benefitting Rome in the