HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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the high cost of defending the empire
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civil wars begun by Christian zealots
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uprisings by Etruscans in the north
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the prolonged nature of the Peloponnesian War
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Detailed explanation-1: -Theodosius I came to power following a number of serious setbacks for Rome. The Gothic War of 376-382 CE severely weakened the Western Empire even though the battles were routinely fought by forces from the Eastern Empire.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Crisis of the Third Century, in which climatic change, renewed pandemic disease, and internal and external political instability led to the near-collapse of the imperial system.
Detailed explanation-3: -Poor harvests, no more war plunder, disruption of trade, and inflation.
Detailed explanation-4: -Explanation: The Roman Empire had become too large to be ruled by one emperor by the third century (this was one of the causes of the Crisis of the Third Century). It was divided, by Emperor Diocletian, into a tetrarchy. This tetrarchy was then dissolved in favor of an Eastern and Western Roman Empire.