The exact reasons for the fall of Rome were never exact. Many conflicts arose shaking the empires stability. The well known conflict was the raising of taxes. Raising their taxes caused so many people to go into dept and not be able to pay their taxes. Not paying taxes sent the citizens of Rome to prison. Some people blamed the merchants for the raised prices and overall high prices. Sometimes, taxes were so high that people would sell their children to pay them off! The merchants being, basically, the only wealthy citizens. Another reason for the fall, the laziness of people. Large numbers of the population stopped working; the unfortunate group of people spent much of their days doing nothing productive. These people usually spent their days at bars, drunk, and even in the backs of theatres. Followed by the fact that Rome's military was collapsing. They were so pathetic that they could barely protect themselves. Leading to the attack from Germany. The Germanic tribes may have been one of the main causes for the fall of Rome because they tore apart the city, making it worse because the Romans could not even defend themselves. Some believe that the fall was caused because of little communication. The emperor did not do his job well; therefore, he never spoke with the village. When he should have had town agreements with everyone, or voting’s, he just choice what he wanted. Causing many people to rebel because some may have been against the emperor’s rules. Another reason could be that Constantine converted to Christianity. This threw off the whole town, causing sickness, resulting in many deaths. Overall, historians do not know for sure exactly, what took down the Roman Empire to this day. Yet, the story may have sounded very negative but possibly the whole dramatic down fall lead Rome to something better, as of today. Today Rome stands tall and strong, still being known as the "Queen of the Earth", a very well respected place.
