HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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a widening in the gap between rich and poor and changes in how soldiers were paid
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foreign invasions which threatened Rome’s border and caused the Senate to collapse
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reforms by politicians which took power away from the patricians in the Senate and gave it to elected Plebeian assemblies
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Economic problems, government corruption, crime and private armies, and the rise of Julius Caesar as dictator all led to its eventual fall in 27 BCE. Rome’s continued expansion resulted in money and revenue for the Republic.
Detailed explanation-2: -By relying on slave labor, there was a large gap between the rich and the poor. The rich grew wealthy from their slaves while the poor could not find enough work. As Rome’s conquests began to end, so did their import of slaves, and they faced a drastic decline in labor disrupting agriculture production.
Detailed explanation-3: -The final defeat of Antony alongside his ally and lover Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium in 31 BC, and the Senate’s grant of extraordinary powers to Octavian as Augustus in 27 BC – which effectively made him the first Roman emperor – marked the end of the Republic.
Detailed explanation-4: -Corruption, the division of the empire, and invasion by Germanic tribes were the three main causes of the fall of Rome. Some scholars believe that there were other contributing factors as well.
Detailed explanation-5: -The main difference between the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire was that the former was a democratic society and the latter was run by only one man. Also, the Roman Republic was in an almost constant state of war, whereas the Roman Empire’s first 200 years were relatively peaceful.