fall of rome
Fall of rome
Rome fell, because of high taxes, bad emperors, economic troubles, invasion by barbarians, and over expansion.
Bad emperors
- Caligula is one of the bad emperors, he killed for greed, raped whomever, and committed incest.
- Elagabalus is also one of the bad emperors, he did not benefit the empire.
- Commodus was a lazy emperor, he had slaves in a arena.
- Nero murder his mother and his wife. He made people pay him taxes so he can have a golden home.
- Domitian made new tortures, harassed philosophers and Jews.
- Elagabalus is also one of the bad emperors, he did not benefit the empire.
- Commodus was a lazy emperor, he had slaves in a arena.
- Nero murder his mother and his wife. He made people pay him taxes so he can have a golden home.
- Domitian made new tortures, harassed philosophers and Jews.
High taxes
Nero was one of the emperors that made people pay him taxes. He forced people to pay and to be killed. Nero did not used the taxes in good use, he used it for his golden home. The other emperors also made people pay taxes. The emperor used the taxes for themselves and did not benefit the empire, they only cared for themselves.
Invasion by barbarians
The Germanic tribes had 300 different groups like the Goths. They had been raided over and over again by these tribes. At that time the Romans had bad emperors, which made them have weak soldiers.
Economic troubles
Rome kept getting attack by other tribes and empire. There was constant war for Rome. They started to depend on slaves to help them. The rich and poor had huge taxes. This had hurtled the Romans a lot.
over expansion
The Romans expanded to big and couldn't control their empire. It took them a long time to get a message from one place to another. They did not have enough troops to defend their empire. There were also weak at that time, they were getting attack by barbarians.