Question: Why did Ancient Rome (the Western half) fall?
• Economic factors such as inflation, unemployment, the gap btw rich and poor, disruption of trade...
• Political factors: division of the empire, corruption/violence in politics...
• Social factors: disloyalty, lack of patriotism, gap btw rich and poor...
• rise of Christianity
• Military factors: use of mercenaries, loyalty issues, limited money
• Barbarian invasions
• Combination of internal problems
• not a true fall but a transformation