THE TOP THREE REASONS ROME FELL

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• Political Instability.
• Emperors lost the trust of citizens.
• This led to violent deaths of the Emperors.
• This made the empire easy to invade due to less loyal military.
• - This is the reason it is ranked number 3.

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• External Invasions.
• Rome was invaded by the Germans, Persians, and Huns.
• They were attacked from all sides.
• This led to a increasingly weaker military.
• - This is why it is ranked number 2.

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• Military Problems.
• Barbarians became the majority of the soldiers.
• They were not loyal roman citizens but mercenaries.
• This weakened the economy and the loyalty of the military. (reason for rank)
• With a bad economy, this made the military smaller.