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The Fall of Rome Causes
- Weakening of Economy
- inflation
- unemployment
- cost of government and military increased
- pirates and barbarians disrupted trade
- welfare system
- lots of food shortages due to overworked land
- population decline
- taxes were raised
- inflation
- Military Causes
- soldiers had their loyalty to their general instead of to Rome
- poorly trained armies
- threat of huns
- series of germanic invasions
- corruption
- soldiers had their loyalty to their general instead of to Rome
- Political Causes
- corruption
- empire was getting bigger, harder to control
- loss of popular support
- division of empire
- unloyal military
- lack of organized system of succesion
- corruption
- social causes
- rich getting richer, poor getting poorer
- population decline
- rise of christianity
- increase in rebellions
- bread and circus
- loss in sense of patriotism
- rich getting richer, poor getting poorer
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