Rome was a civilization on the Italian Peninsula around 700 BC. After prospering for hundreds of years the empire fell. The two major factors to the decline and fall of the Roman empire were Diocletian separating their normally unified society, and the introduction of Christianity to their normally polytheistic religious culture. These both were a break in Rome’s traditional values showing that when Rome had not been unified, their values were tested. These also harshly impacted the economy and military of Rome due to the disorganized structure of the civilization caused by Diocletian’s partition. The act of Diocletian separating the empire was one of the primary reasons that Rome declined and fell. As Anthony Rhodes said, “largely to his