The Rise And Fall Of The Roman Empire

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The Roman Empire is often regarded as one of the greatest civilizations ever established. During its approximate 1,200-year reign from 753 B.C.E through 476 C.E. (McKay 173), it established what are now modern day governments and an all-new religious practice. “Military disasters, folk migrations, hit-and-run raids across the frontiers, external and internal rebellions, civil wars, bankruptcy, famines and plagues, were recurrent and familiar events in the history of Rome” (Southern 4). However, Rome’s collapse was due to it failing to control its military, no return of revenue from its conquest, and a division of the empire. The loss of military control was a cancer that grew from within. Generals, who spent great amounts of time away