Fall Of Rome Dbq Essay

No Livius, please don't bring me his head. I wouldn't know what to do with it. (Marcus Aurelius) The Roman was in existence from 750 BCE to the 5th century CE. The Roman empire covered lands including Western Europe and Northern Africa and the Mediterranean region. The question being asked is What Were the Primary Reasons for the fall of Rome After looking at the document for the fall of Rome i have decided that the main reason for the fall of Rome is military mismangnet, political instability foreign invaders The first reason for the fall of Rome is its Political Instability. The chart on political Instability

There were 19 Roman Emperors in the last 50 years. No Emperors died in natural death. There were 13 victims of assassins ( doc A) The reason why I choose political instability as one of the reasons for the fall of Rome is because its chart on doc A . Shows it all. It shows that there were 13 Roman Emperors that have been victims of assassination. There were also 19 emperors in the last 50 years of the roman time

Our soldiers fought the Goths without any protection for the chest and head and were often beaten by archers. (doc B) My 2nd reason for the fall of Rome is their military mismanagement. The reason why I say their military was mismanaged is that doc B shows how the roman soldiers were getting lazy and not wanting to wear their armor in practice to the point when they got in a battle and they would die easily. The last reason for the fall of Rome is the natural disasters the Roman world was