WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Corruption in the government led to problems like inflation, disease, and starvation, impacting the citizens of Rome and leading to the collapse of Rome. Civil Wars removed the corrupt leaders from power but brought on invasions by Germanic tribes. Elagabalus’ 10-year rule caused the collapse of Rome.

Detailed explanation-2: -There were a multitude of reasons that the Roman Republic fell, such as excessive empire expansion, the invasion of barbarian tribes, and their overreliance on slave labour. However, the largest influencing factor on the fall of the Roman Republic was political corruption and instability.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Roman army became overstretched and needed more soldiers that they did not have. Without adequate protection or money to supply it, the city of Rome finally fell to Germanic Tribes in 476 AD.

Detailed explanation-4: -Questions: (i) What was the main reason of corruption in administration of the Roman Empire? Ans: The extortion of the higher bureaucracy and the greed of the provincial governors were the main reasons of corruption.

Detailed explanation-5: -In 476 C.E. Romulus, the last of the Roman emperors in the west, was overthrown by the Germanic leader Odoacer, who became the first Barbarian to rule in Rome. The order that the Roman Empire had brought to western Europe for 1000 years was no more.