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Fall of Rome - Why Did Rome Fall - 0 views

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shared by Andrew L on 13 Dec 11 - Cached
  • such factors as Christianity, decadence, lead, monetary trouble, and military problems
  • Imperial incompetence and chance
  • Christianity, decadence, lead, monetary trouble, and military problems
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  • caused the Fall of Rome
  • could be added to the list.
  • Benjamin R on 13 Dec 11
     
    This website has a lot of good information about the decline of the Roman empire.
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The Fall Of Ancient Rome - 2 views

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  • Rome was engaged in border skirmishes with the tribes north of the great European rivers
  • Strong emperors occasionally extended the empire over the rivers while weak emperors tended to lose those land
  • The largest organised rival of the Romans was the Persian Empire to the east, occupying modern Syria, Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan. The Persians were the political descendants of the Parthians who had revolted away from Greek rule following Alexander's conquests and, thereafter, successfully resisted Roman invasions.
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  • The Romans had existed as an important power for over 1000 years
  • They had brought stability, prosperity, and order to the civilised West
  • Roman law kept the internal peace and 20 to 30 Roman legions defended the frontiers.
  • Emperors held absolute authorit
  • but incompetent ones could do great harm
  • The rules for succession to the throne were never clear, and debilitating civil wars often resulted.
  • in the hands of a minority while a large slave population did most of the work.
  • Roman conquests had ceased in the second century A.D., bringing an end to massive inflows of plunder and slaves
  • A plague may have killed 20 percent of the empire's population in the third and fourth centuries, further reducing trade and production.
  • late third century, the Roman Empire was split into eastern and western halves in an attempt to make for easier rule and better contro
  • 323 Constantine became emperor after a civil war and established his eastern capital at Byzantium, which he renamed Constantinople.
  • eastern and western parts of the empire gradually established separate identities, although nominally the same empire
  • These identities were partially due to the different pressures brought to bear on them from the outside and the local culture.
  • Justin D on 14 Dec 11
     
    A site that goes into some details
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Vikings: History and Legacy - 1 views

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shared by Garth Holman on 14 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • Northmenn or Normans is more correct way of calling them.
  • used in reference with the act of pirating.
  • "fara í viking" in English meant sailing off to far away shores to pillage.
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