THE FALL OF ROME

1. Germanic tribes

1.1. Huns from Asia

1.1.1. Everyone feared them

1.2. Goths/ Visigoths

1.2.1. King Alaric of Visigoths sacked Rome in 410

1.3. Multiethnic city

1.3.1. Mixing of many different cultures

2. Army

2.1. Too much land to protect

2.2. Too little of an army

2.3. Not enough loyalty from the soldiers

3. Corrupt Government

3.1. Too many seeking to become emperor

3.2. Many emperors getting murdeted

3.3. Corrupt Senate who had different agenda

4. Christianity

4.1. Robbed the people of their belief that their emperor was a god

4.2. Loss of culture=Loss of the glue that hold society together

5. Economy

5.1. Rich people left

5.2. Poor people could not pay soldiers

5.2.1. Constant war

5.3. Vandals attack ships

5.3.1. Disrupt trade