What Caused The Decline Of The Western Roman Empire

In the third century Rome was facing many political problems. These problems lead to a slow decay of the Empire, leading to a fall. The fall of Rome has many controversial ideas on why it happened. There were many contributing factors that caused the fall. Rome had a very extreme empire that was very large. The most important factor of the fall was the over expansion that led to many problems to cause decline. One of the main contributing factors of over expansion was the amount of responsibility and the population. The course of civilization written by Strayer,Gatzke and Harbison explained the problems of the Western Roman Empire. The empire had an overwhelming amount of population and political responsibilities. The Empire had no organization and control over the population. This led to no organization to protect themselves so they were vulnerable. Many small urban groups realized that the cities were slipping and took advantage. Therefore the overpopulation and many responsibilities were a major factor in the downfall of Rome. The constant expansion of the empire contributed negatively to the economy. In the Uses of the Past by Herbert J. Muller, he explains the economic factors of the fall of Rome. The expansion of the Roman Empire led to a

In The New Deal in Old Rome, Henry Haskell is blaming the decline of the Roman Empire on the heavy taxation. The Roman government had such a large expense to maintain the army and land. The high taxation crushed the people and many businesses were destroyed. The government had such a far reaching responsibility that it weakened civilization and didn’t strengthen it. In the article What led to the fall of the Roman Empire by Nick Squires he proclaims that the huge cost of maintaining land over such a vast territory led to an increase in tax that has been identified as a contributing factor to the Fall of the Roman