The_Fall_Of_The_Roman_Empire

The Fall Of The Roman Empire The downfall of the Roman Republic is not attributed to a single event; I believe it was becoming too large and complicated for a Republic to cope with. In principal a breakdown in the distribution of wealth, the subversive behavior of individual leaders, and the emergence of violence as a political means. For these reasons, it brought the empire to its knees resulting in the fall of the Roman Republic and the berth of aristocracy and a new Empire. Roman conquests brought powerful generals who had the support of their armies and used it to seize power. Each leader was greedy for glory and power, demanding triumphs and ovations for military and political victories. One instance of this was Marius, he had changed the laws that once only allowed landowners to join the army. He made it possible for poor men who had nothing to volunteer. By serving him, the men came to expect a grant of land that they could farm upon discharge from service. This gave Marius an army of loyal poor men to use in obtaining his objectives in North Africa. The behavior of many individuals, mainly the wealthy warlords caused an republic, poor, violence, roman, political, people, men, empire, wealthy, warlords, war, ultimately, survival, power, new, marius, loyal, leader, large, increase, getting, farm, causing, caused, brought, behavior, became, army, armies, aristocracy, wealth, way, wars, wages, volunteer