Throughout the classical era, while both Roman and Persian empires declined due to weakening from combat, the Roman empire could no longer control the vast amount their empire had grown and lacked control as well as having conflict over religion being a factor which led to Roman downfall. Both Roman and Persian empires declined due to combat. While the Persian empire weakened due to their two wars with the mighty Greeks in the Greco-Persian Wars, the Romans had battles with barbarians who didn't fit into Roman society. The Persians had many troops, outnumbering the Greeks, however, the Greeks defeated Persia in the first war, completely destroying the Persian army and weakening its empire greatly. A number of years later, the Persians again challenged the Greeks. Unfortunately, the Persians were completely unmatched and their empire began to fall apart. On the other hand, the Roman empire dealt with opposition from barbarians. They even took these barbarians into their armies as they were extremely powerful soldiers. These barbarians wore pants instead of traditional Roman clothing and were not loyal to Rome but only to their commanders. This led to many …show more content…
As the Roman empire grew, the distance of people from the center of Rome grew. They had a large amount of land which was completely uncontrolled by their rulers. Subsequently, many people living on the borders of the Roman empire were not loyal to Rome, or had never even actually visited it in its core. This led to revolt from people unwilling to serve an empire which they believed treated them poorly. Therefore, there were many revolts of people who believed they were treated unfairly by an empire which was based nowhere near them. This made Rome unsafe and it was no longer the egalitarian Republic which it once