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I'm hoping this will turn into a thriving deabte, but I'm doubtful. Basically, its your theory on why the Roman Empire came apart.
At its height, the Roman Empire stretched from Scotland in the northern hemisphere to the deserts of Africa in the south. The empire lasted for over 500 years, although its eastern part, the Byzantine Empire, lasted for several more centuries. When the empire collapsed, hordes of barbarian armies, including the infamous Vandal pirates, invaded Italy throughout the fifth century AD. Rome was transformed from a bustling city of millions to a provincial town of a few thousand, surrounded by swamps. The anarchy of the Dark Ages had begun.
Although there has been no shortage of theories, it has never been clear why Rome became so vulnerable to foreign invaders at this time. Political instability, the collapse of food supplies to Rome, and even the infamous lead in the water supplies have all been implicated. Or maybe Rome just became too big, and could not handle itself properly? I'm asking you your theory on why one of the largest empires came to ruin. Lets go people.
At its height, the Roman Empire stretched from Scotland in the northern hemisphere to the deserts of Africa in the south. The empire lasted for over 500 years, although its eastern part, the Byzantine Empire, lasted for several more centuries. When the empire collapsed, hordes of barbarian armies, including the infamous Vandal pirates, invaded Italy throughout the fifth century AD. Rome was transformed from a bustling city of millions to a provincial town of a few thousand, surrounded by swamps. The anarchy of the Dark Ages had begun.
Although there has been no shortage of theories, it has never been clear why Rome became so vulnerable to foreign invaders at this time. Political instability, the collapse of food supplies to Rome, and even the infamous lead in the water supplies have all been implicated. Or maybe Rome just became too big, and could not handle itself properly? I'm asking you your theory on why one of the largest empires came to ruin. Lets go people.
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True. Rome's military weakness was mainly the fact that they had no good cavalry force of their own, they preferred to leave that to their allies. It was a major weakness, considering that cavalry are faster and easier to manoevure than a legion(s). It was a strong cavalry force of the Franks if I remember correctly that wiped out 40,000 Roman soldiers, all highly trained indivuals.
I think its for the same reason that empires in strategy games collapse after extensive expansion, it just becomes impossible to maintain control and uprisings become harder to squash since resources are more thinly spread out.
Uprisings also become frequent because bigger empires encompass more types of diffrent cultures which ultimately will not be willing to/cannot adapt to the requirements of the ruling civilisation's cultures etc...
Uprisings also become frequent because bigger empires encompass more types of diffrent cultures which ultimately will not be willing to/cannot adapt to the requirements of the ruling civilisation's cultures etc...
I'm hoping this will turn into a thriving deabte, but I'm doubtful. Basically, its your theory on why the Roman Empire came apart.
At its height, the Roman Empire stretched from Scotland in the northern hemisphere to the deserts of Africa in the south. The empire lasted for over 500 years, although its eastern part, the Byzantine Empire, lasted for several more centuries. When the empire collapsed, hordes of barbarian armies, including the infamous Vandal pirates, invaded Italy throughout the fifth century AD. Rome was transformed from a bustling city of millions to a provincial town of a few thousand, surrounded by swamps. The anarchy of the Dark Ages had begun.
Although there has been no shortage of theories, it has never been clear why Rome became so vulnerable to foreign invaders at this time. Political instability, the collapse of food supplies to Rome, and even the infamous lead in the water supplies have all been implicated. Or maybe Rome just became too big, and could not handle itself properly? I'm asking you your theory on why one of the largest empires came to ruin. Lets go people.
At its height, the Roman Empire stretched from Scotland in the northern hemisphere to the deserts of Africa in the south. The empire lasted for over 500 years, although its eastern part, the Byzantine Empire, lasted for several more centuries. When the empire collapsed, hordes of barbarian armies, including the infamous Vandal pirates, invaded Italy throughout the fifth century AD. Rome was transformed from a bustling city of millions to a provincial town of a few thousand, surrounded by swamps. The anarchy of the Dark Ages had begun.
Although there has been no shortage of theories, it has never been clear why Rome became so vulnerable to foreign invaders at this time. Political instability, the collapse of food supplies to Rome, and even the infamous lead in the water supplies have all been implicated. Or maybe Rome just became too big, and could not handle itself properly? I'm asking you your theory on why one of the largest empires came to ruin. Lets go people.
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