HISTORY
ORIGINS OF CHRISTIANITY
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It over taxed the people and the legal system no longer served proper justice.
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They completely stopped listening to the wishes of the Roman people.
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They gave land away to barbarians because they didn’t feel like fighting.
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The emperor was only interested in getting more land for himself and didn’t share with anybody else.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Citizens began starving in the wake of taxes, they began fleeing to outside the empire’s reach, and welcomed and aided the barbarians who would ultimately bring about the end of the Roman Empire.
Detailed explanation-2: -Many of the problems that led to Rome’s decline were due to government and economic corruption. Rome’s economy was based on slave labor. 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.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Crassus One of the most powerful politicians in the era of corruption, Marcus Licinius Crassus (115-53 B.C.), not surprisingly was also one of the richest Roman.
Detailed explanation-5: -Why did the Roman government lose the support of the people? As the Roman government became more oppressive, authoritarian, and corrupt, many people saw no reason to remain loyal to Rome.