Roman Empire Dbq Essay

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The Fall of the Roman Empire
In ancient Rome there was a lot of change that was always happening. Around 50 BCE until 200 CE the Roman empire was the key to everyone's problems in the Mediterranean world.
Some of the changes in the Roman empire caused death and assassinations. Rome started as a republic and ended as a dictatorship. The empires in Rome were the world's greatest empire.
These empires started around 750 BCE. Around 200 BCE the Greek empire was weakening and
Rome was getting stronger. Here are some of the changes that had a great impact on the Roman empire. CLAIM
There were a lot of military mistakes around this time period. In document B it states that
Roman armies were slowly dying down and weakening.They made the decision to …show more content…

This claim states that things were unfair.
This meant unfair laws and unfair treatment towards citizens. Let's talk about the way this had an
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impact on the Roman empire. The unfair treatment came from a man named Priscus. According to document E the time period they were in was worse than being in war. The document also talks about how their taxes were severe and how unprincipled men inflict injuries on others and how a wealthy person would not be punished as a poor person would.
My 3rd claim talks about political stability. This claim talks about death and invasions. In this 50-year time period there were 22 emperors, 14 people killed and 3 people that died from natural causes. This was believed to have happened because their empire was losing power.
Them losing power made them an easy target for the other empires. Foreign invasions were another problem with the roman empire. There were 3 main invaders but the only one who succeeded was the Visigoths. This shows that they were an easy target
CONCLUSION
In conclusion there were many rises and falls of the Roman empire. The ones stated were the main ones that caused change. All of the claims stated use information from the documents in

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