THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

There many reasons why the roman empire fall, internal and external reasons. the external reasons were basicly the barbarian attacks to the western part of the empire. And the internal were mainly control reasons and family problems.

All the intern problems started when Theodosius I died in milan, he was the last emperor to have control of all the empire, he died of heart problems. As a result he left the power to his two sons Honorius and Arcadius. The first one ruled the estern part of the empire, and the second the western part of the empire. Honorius ruled in milan but he wasnt very succesfull in terms of managing the empire, he died in the year 423. Between 423 and 425 an usurper of the throne named Juan ruled, then he named emperor of the east a 4 year old child called Valentinus III. Arcadius, Theodosius youngest son died in 408 leaving the throne to his son Theodosius II a nine year old child, but in 425 the usurper Juan name into power of the west to a army general Flavius Constansius.

Consequently to this the stability of the post imperial dynastic during this period was secured at the cost of introducing the Empire very young emperors ruled by ministers and generals. This dynastic continuity created by the legacy of Theodosius I did not stop the usual political rivalries between supporters of the emperors, but it was important in these times extremely difficult for the Roman Empire.

The causes of the fall of the Roman Empire were both internal and external. The causes were internal problems in the succession of power, which caused instability and civil wars among warlords. Consequently, there was a politicization of the army, and that commanders were concerned about gaining power and ordered the army to abandon its specific functions, which were defending the border, stoping rebellions and expanding the empire through conquest. These civil wars, werent good also to the economy of the Empire, as the regions of this scenery of conflict, these civil wars and destroy crops and soil resources, which were the basis of the economy. They also polluted the waters. Due to this the production was damaged. Not only this was what affected the economy but also the permanent revelions that took the manpower contributions to the field and forced by the soldiers. Consequently to these orders workers were required to agree because these men of the army handled a lot of power. In regard to external causes, the politicization of the military contributes to the eastern border vulnerable to attack by barbarians.

The word barbaric used to designate those individuals who are not Romans. Faced with these attacks were fragmenting the Roman Empire, formerly a political unit, as they were ruled by a single person, there were a constant exchange; culture, there were an idea all fell within the same civilization by the language, as well as a religious unit, as all were from the same religion Christianity.

Thus, the Roman world was divided into two parts: the Western Roman Empire, occupied by the Roman-Germanic peoples and on the other sides of the Roman Empire East, also known as the Byzantine Empire. Consequently to this the western Roman Empire fell a few years after and the Byzantine Empire ruled europe almost a 1000 years more.