Government corruption and political instability sang 6:43 AM Add Comment sang If Rome’s sheer size made it difficult to govern, ineffective and inconsistent leadership only served to magnify the problem. Being the R... Read More
Overexpansion and military overspending Overexpansion and military overspending sang 6:42 AM Add Comment sang At its height, the Roman Empire stretched from the Atlantic Ocean all the way to the Euphrates River in the Middle East, but its grandeur... Read More
The rise of the Eastern Empire The rise of the Eastern Empire sang 6:41 AM Add Comment sang The fate of Western Rome was partially sealed in the late third century, when the Emperor Diocletian divided the Empire into two halves—t... Read More
Economic troubles and overreliance on slave labor Economic troubles and overreliance on slave labor sang 6:41 AM 2 Comments sang Even as Rome was under attack from outside forces, it was also crumbling from within thanks to a severe financial crisis. Constant wars a... Read More
Invasions by Barbarian tribes Invasions by Barbarian tribes sang 6:40 AM Add Comment sang The most straightforward theory for Western Rome’s collapse pins the fall on a string of military losses sustained against outside forces... Read More
Battlefield Surgery Battlefield Surgery sang 6:39 AM Add Comment sang The Romans invented many surgical tools and pioneered the use of the cesarean section, but their most valuable contributions to medicine... Read More
The Twelve Tables and the Corpus Juris Civilis The Twelve Tables and the Corpus Juris Civilis sang 6:36 AM 1 Comment sang Subpoena, habeas corpus, pro bono, affidavit—all these terms derive from the Roman legal system, which dominated Western law and governm... Read More