The Fall Of Rome's Golden Age

The Roman Empire’s origin was something of a wonder, as it started off as a small town that slowly, but surely, grew into a great power. At first, Italy was engulfed by this incredible authority, but it would grow to spread around the Mediterranean Sea. Eventually, most of Europe, the Middle East and Africa were a part of this legendary empire (Allan, 7). Because of its location on the Mediterranean Sea, trade flourished throughout Rome, assisting in building its glory. Rome had experienced a tremendous golden age. However, all good things come to an end sometime, and unfortunately, the Roman Empire was no different. The Fall of Rome was a giant, important turning point in history because of the great achievements that were lost, what would

The Golden Age of Rome was winding to an end and everything began to fall apart. Politically, Rome was losing leaders, and economically, it was in tatters. A new hope for the Roman culture appeared in a man named Diocletian. He was at the bottom of the social scale until he moved to become a general, later an emperor. In an attempt to preserve the ever expanding empire, Diocletian split Rome into two parts, and had a co-emperors to rule each amount of land. This system worked for a little while, but the increasing pressures proved to be too much for Rome, creating a huge change for millions of

Germanic invaders pushed in on Rome from the northern borders and the Roman nemesis, the Persians, were putting pressure on the east with their army. The empire was too big to fight all of the enemies at once. As depicted above, the emperor Diocletian broke the empire in two. This did not help for long however because many emperors were dying quickly and being replaced with poor leaders. One book states, “That political predicament was made worse by the onset of increasing dire economic conditions; misery, fear, and depopulation caused by disease epidemics…”(Nardo, 18). Many were dying and could not battle with the onslaught of invaders. As can be seen, the economic conditions were as worse as the political problems. Overall, Rome was a prosperous land that took many reasons to be taken down, and when it did, achievements were halted, making the fall a very important turning point in