 A weak central government

 High taxes

 Barbarian invasions

 The use of slave labor to replace many

Roman jobs - causing joblessness

 A divided empire

 The weakening of trade and farming due to almost constant civil war

 Corrupt government officials

 The rising cost of education

 The inability of the government to distribute information quickly

 The immense (large) size of the empire

 A Roman army partially made up of foreign-born soldiers who had little loyalty to Rome

 Civil wars among Roman military leaders / Political factions with competing agendas

 The end of expansion leading to the end of treasure from that expansion

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Now that you are familiar with the reasons for the Fall of Rome, which three do you think. write a paragraph.

are the most important ?



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