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Fall Of The Roman Empire Research Paper

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One of the reasons for the fall of the Roman Empire was political problems. The emperors were greedy, selfish and unfit to rule. They gained emperorship either from their father or as a general who overthrew the emperor. Many were unfit because they did not have any experience ruling. When one emperor would die or be assassinated by the imperial guard there would be no process to find a new emperor to replace the deceased emperor quickly. Civil war would break out and generals would fight generals to see who would be the next emperor. Some of the Plebeians complained about the living conditions and there would be outbreaks in the city and they would not be able to support themselves with all of the high taxes. Political reasons were not the
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