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Date Posted: 16:30:51 03/07/02 Thu
Author: Brad Nock
Subject: Re: topic 3
In reply to: j curboy 's message, "topic 3" on 05:21:40 02/26/02 Tue

There are a lot of things that contributed to the downfall of the Roman empire. These can be compared to events and actions that led to the downfall of more modern civilizations. The main reason for Rome�s downfall was its inability to defeat the Teutonic tribes that lived on the boundaries of Rome�s territory. There were also more minor reasons such as slavery, heavy taxes and the feebleness of some of the emperors. When the Huns came into Europe from Asia they pushed the Teutonic tribes into Roman territory and the Romans struggled to keep them from taking over Rome. The Huns were defeated but the Teutonics still threatened the Romans and in 476 A.D. Rome fell to the Teutonics.
This can be compared to the fall of the U.S.S.R. The U.S.S.R. fell due to the governments lack of ability to keep order in the territory. The government failed to fulfill its promises for a perfect life and didn�t properly deal with social problems. There were also economic problems and failure of the government to communicate with the citizens. These things led to the downfall of the U.S.S.R. and similar problems with governments have led to the downfalls of other civilizations.

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[> Re: topic 3 -- Kelly Sargente, 17:13:53 03/07/02 Thu

I believe that the Romans were so sucessful for such a long period of time because of their government, and I believe this is the same thing that also caused their downfall.
The Romans had set up a government in which laws that were made by them were written down. These laws were written on what was called the 12 Tablets. By doing this their was no way there could be a misunderstanding of the laws and people couldn't make up what the law said. Their government also had consuls who were elected each year. The Roman government was the beginning of a Republic.
I also consider this to be their downfall because everyone at the time became so obssesed with getting power that they'd kill one another for it. At one point in Roman history they had 28 emporers in a period of 23 years. Everyone became greedy. This caused there to be a confusion amongst people. There became absolutely no control. Constantly there were wars breaking out for power and control of the Roman civilzation.
I found that during the Middle Ages also there was a high amount of people struggling to gain power and control.
There were wars also were people had fought for power.

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