Post #98 5-8-18

While Christianity strengthens, Rome weakens 

  • Military- Too weak to defend such a huge area 
  • Economy- Taxes to high, widening gap between rich and poor, trade disrupted 
  • Social- who cares about public affairs? Disloyalty; population decreases 
  • Political-  Division of the empire (constative moved the capital to Byzantium) 
 The last Roman emperor was in 476 (a 14-year-old boy named Romulus Augustulus 

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