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The black plague wiped out many people and depopulated cities.

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When Constantine made Christianity legal, many people turned against Rome because of its past violence.  Many Romans thought the Christians should be persecuted.

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Toward the end of the Empire, many of the rulers were incompetent and didn't lead Rome well at all.

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The Roman army needed 600,000 people to guard the borders, but people would cut off their thumbs to avoid getting drafted. This caused for a problem with the number of soldiers they had.

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The number of rulers they went through in such a short amount of time led to instability.

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The soil lost many of its nutrients which made it very hard to grow crops.

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Because they were over taxing, many of their citizens were unhappy and led to the dissaperance of each class

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The government had to start recruiting people to fight which was a problem because they weren't actually passionate about what they were fighting for.

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Soldiers stopped being loyal to Rome and their army because they lost their trust.

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They had to coin more money to pay for the stuff used in wars.

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Julius Caesar was killed because of the fear that he was becoming too powerful.

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The gap between the rich and the poor became more and more significant which caused anger within the poor community.