https://padlet.com/mdkt7/6i6acksrv5ks Why did Rome decline? en-us 2017-02-15 16:36:07 UTC 2025-12-05 15:57:50 UTC hello@padlet.com mdkt7 https://padlet.com/mdkt7/6i6acksrv5ks/wish/154070516 -The soil was depleted
-Eventually, their trading declined
-Rome had to pay for the wars including paying for mercenaries.
-New technology didn't need to be created because slave labor was very cheap.]]> 2017-02-15 16:38:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mdkt7/6i6acksrv5ks/wish/154070516 mdkt7 https://padlet.com/mdkt7/6i6acksrv5ks/wish/154070590 -The army stopped wearing armor because they didn't use it a lot.
-The draft was very ineffective  because there was a lot of exemptions.
-Rome was invaded from every direction
-]]> 2017-02-15 16:38:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mdkt7/6i6acksrv5ks/wish/154070590 mdkt7 https://padlet.com/mdkt7/6i6acksrv5ks/wish/154070637 - There were earthquakes and floods
- Plagues killed 75% of the population
-This led to a loss of patriotism.]]> 2017-02-15 16:39:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mdkt7/6i6acksrv5ks/wish/154070637 mdkt7 https://padlet.com/mdkt7/6i6acksrv5ks/wish/154070960 - There was a lot of instability in the government because most of the emperors were assassinated so they didn't serve for very long.
-They abandoned the line of succession
-There was a civil war between the east and the west.]]> 2017-02-15 16:39:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mdkt7/6i6acksrv5ks/wish/154070960 mdkt7 https://padlet.com/mdkt7/6i6acksrv5ks/wish/154071407 - Differences in social classes.
-plebeians vs patricians]]> 2017-02-15 16:40:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mdkt7/6i6acksrv5ks/wish/154071407