This essay will give an account for and describe the Roman Empire’s final years leading to its destruction, focusing on its weak emperors, economic problems, rebellion and civil wars, the barbarian threats, and the influence of Christianity in the region.
Early settlers began forming communities in Rome.1 With these communities, each had a body of sorts considered to be a form of government. They merged and Rome became a republic with one government and one king ruling. However, the republic crashed, and formed into an empire. By that time, the empire became a supreme power throughout Europe, northern Africa, and western Asia.3 This Empire is considered one of the greatest empires in ancient history; although conversely, it declined and fell to the point of being unable to rise up again or restored.
After the Roman Republic, which was founded by Julius Caesar, collapsed, the Roman Empire was established. It was founded by Augustus Caesar, Julius Caesar’s adopted son and heir. He
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His mother convinced his uncle to choose him as heir instead of his son, Britannicus.10 His mother wanted to control his ways of governing the land, however, Nero had other plans. His immoral life became a public spectacle, despite being married and his mother warning him against them. He had his mother killed.12 His greed for the finer things in life caused him to have people executed. The worst time of his rule was during the Great Fire. Inasmuch as the fires were common around the area, it is said that Nero began the fire to make room for his planned villa, the Domus Aurea.13 Due to the fact that people saw him as the reason for the fire, he turned his attention to the Christians, an underground and upcoming religion of believers, and blamed them for it. He began persecuting and killing these Christians. Other emperors whose tenure contributed to Rome’s destruction were Domitian (AD 81-96), and Commodus (AD 180-192), and