Though Rome was powerful at a time, it soon came to an end by harsh battles and fights from different areas. For example, around 372 A.D, the Visigoths found out that the Huns were coming on their territory, so instead of settling in, they fought, which made lots of Romans die immediately or suffer and die soon after. But not only did Romans population decline from attacks, they also declined by diseases.
In todays time, you could drive to the hospital at any time and be fixed up with good medicine, but during the time when the Western Europe Empire declined, you couldn't just drive up to the hospital and get fixed up with good medicine because they didn't have the right technology back then. Many Romans suffered from diseases because they didn't have the right medicine to uses yet. Disease and battles contributed to the decline of the Western Europe Empire, but also did Christianity.
In Rome, many people converted into Christianity. When they were converted to Christianity, it became more famous and attracted. Romans soon became well into Christianity that they got distracted by the real world. Many Romans went to Church to praise God but soon forgotten their orders. Western Romans devoted to Christianity that made life harder for them. Christianity made military and education to be forgotten and many Romans that didn't convert got mad and angry. One reason why the Western Europe Empire fell was by the rough battles and arguments from the religion. Harsh battles, disease and Christianity were some of the major factors that made Europe fall.
Western Europe was transformed by the problems in the West. Rome was transformed by adding Senate houses, and the Catholic church. Because of the collapse, Romans didn't have any emperors, but Popes who lived there. Rome was transformed by the one-man rule of the emperor who decided to change the place of Rome. =)
This is a picture of the battles in the Roman Empire. |
This is a picture of a man who has a disease and the Romans are trying to fix him. |
This is a picture of Christianity in Rome. |