ROME IS DEAD by Thomas Fischbeck https://padlet.com/trfr7/hpjs2xen4bv0 why? en-us 2017-02-16 20:41:37 UTC 2025-11-02 12:47:57 UTC hello@padlet.com WEAK MILITARY trfr7 https://padlet.com/trfr7/hpjs2xen4bv0/wish/154461334 One of the major reasons Rome fell was because the army of Rome got complacent. They hadn't been attacked in years and decided it would be a good idea to stop wearing armor, in essence, they got lazy. To try and stop the spread of laziness, Roman leaders enacted a draft, the problem was everyone from senators to bakers could be exempt.]]> 2017-02-16 20:42:54 UTC https://padlet.com/trfr7/hpjs2xen4bv0/wish/154461334 trfr7 https://padlet.com/trfr7/hpjs2xen4bv0/wish/155578444 2017-02-22 19:33:17 UTC https://padlet.com/trfr7/hpjs2xen4bv0/wish/155578444 ROME HAD A WEAK GOVERNMENT trfr7 https://padlet.com/trfr7/hpjs2xen4bv0/wish/155580435 The government kept getting into civil wars

armymen were loyal not to the emperor, but to their generals. 

They moved the capital of the Roman empire.

Lots of emperors were assassinated. 

Corruption]]> 2017-02-22 19:39:38 UTC https://padlet.com/trfr7/hpjs2xen4bv0/wish/155580435 ECONOMY trfr7 https://padlet.com/trfr7/hpjs2xen4bv0/wish/155583868 Big gap between the rich and poor

High taxes

inflation

high slave population


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