Imperial sunset – the fall of Western Roman Empire 1 to 2 century AD, the Roman Empire reached its peak, and even the Mediterranean have become the inland empire. However, to the 3rd century AD, Rome was brought into the political, economic, military, spiritual culture of the overall crisis period, the once all-powerful Roman Empire precarious, in decline. In fact, the glorious Roman Empire in the era of the decline of the hidden dangers buried. In order to safeguard the rule of empire, to maintain a large bureaucracy, supporting hundreds of thousands of troops, heavy burden on the people. Connivance of the army officers to rob. An official of the struggle for power, corruption rife. Slaveholders extravagant, excessive lived dissolute life. Peace and prosperity to show off, festival entertainment empire on the Government to increase year by year, when the 1st century AD, 66 days a year, to the 2nd century AD, when, actually reached 123 days, compared with the year more than a third time, holidays and anniversaries years, also held an entertainment event. The result of luxury prevailed, so that small producers as not productive civilian freedom of Rome, by the state and society on handouts. Create social wealth, 传奇世界私服 the only woman in the town of slaves and the fields around the conquered nation. Since the 1st century AD, the Roman Empire to stop the large-scale overseas expansion, captive population activities also will subside. This source of slaves began to dwindle, prices inevitably rise. To the 3rd century AD, a robust slave, priced at 300 to 500 silver coins. Slave owners were increasingly added to the exploitation of the slaves to obtain compensation. Cruel oppression of the slaves provoked strong resistance, they slow down, vandalized, flight, also held in public uprising. Slave owners had no choice but to farm the land into small, rented out to subordinate agricultural cultivation. Scribe farmers, as early as the late Roman Republic existed, but the first is free tenancy who, in addition to paying a certain rent, the economically independent, legally free. This survival of the Roman social economic foundation of slavery had been severely damaged. Roman Empire gradually fell into economic crisis. The decline of agriculture and the development of urban industry and commerce to support the lack of raw materials, continue to gradually decline, leading to depletion of the state finance. To address the huge expenditure, had to increase taxes, issue of bad money, which in turn led to inflation, the soaring prices. The economic crisis, the central government in Rome not only no response, the contrary, but because the right to compete within the increasingly turbulent political situation intensified Er Shi. Hand heavily despotic generals, the emperor’s waste legislation is basically in their hands. AD 235 the five years since the emperor actually have to replace as many as ten. Highest government level of instability, to some remote areas the opportunity from the control of the Roman Empire. While the internal empire into chaos when a long-term living in the northern border of the Empire many so-called “barbarians” by the impact of the Huns, have entered the territory of the Roman Empire. “Barbarians” mainly refers to the Germanic tribes, including the East Goths, Visigoths, Vandals and Burgundians, and so on. Difficult to resist the Roman Germanic Inland, the system had to be taken to very very strategy: to allow part of the barbarians who moved to the territory to enable them to resist the other barbarians entry; or recruit them as soldiers, to deal with internal and external, results within the Empire The increasing number of barbarians. AD 284 Diocletian ascended the throne, the bureaucracy and the army made some reforms and restructuring, slightly stabilized the imperial chaos. After the abdication of Diocletian, Constantine inherited throne is. 330 AD, Constantine moved the capital of Byzantium 传世私服 (later renamed Fort Constantine Group), called “New Rome.” AD 395, Emperor Theodosius died. He left a will, the empire was divided into two things, let his two sons, two things were ruled empire. Eastern Roman Empire from the Black Sea to the Adriatic Sea has a vast area between, including the Balkans, Asia Minor, Syria, Palestine, Egypt, Mesopotamia fans as part of Asia and Transcaucasia. Its capital in Constantinople (now Istanbul). The country was also known as the Byzantine Empire, which existed until the year 1453. The territory of the Western Roman Empire Eastern Roman Empire than the larger number, including the now Italy, France, Spain, Belgium, the United Kingdom of Great Britain, Austria, Hungary, Yugoslavia, to the northwest of the western Mediterranean, as well as Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya north. Capital is still in Rome. After the formation of the two empires, each experienced a different historical destiny. As the eastern region is relatively stable, Byzantine into a new form of society in the Middle Ages, has existed for 1,000 years. The Western Roman Empire by the Germanic people of the impact, survive for decades, quickly perished. AD 408, a Gothic leader of Allah in their columns, led by invasive northern Italy, the Roman advance. Soon, Goths occupied the port of Ostia in Rome, the Rome-based food sources cut off. City of Rome, a large population, immediately plunged into famine, followed by the outbreak of the plague, many dead. Roman Senate forced to send out sum of movement of Allah, gave 5,000 pounds of gold, silver, 30,000 pounds, silk material 4000, Leather 3000, Oriental pepper 3000 pounds, has submitted a number of noble hostage, only for the Disembarrassing Goths , was allowed to buy grain to the port. Peace is short-lived. AD 410, the Arab decision out to the soldiers reached the city of Rome announced: scored Rome, which could be looted for three days. One summer night thunderstorm, the city’s Roman slave who opened the gates for the siege, called “Eternal City” of Rome had fallen. Three days and three nights of looting, fires in all directions, so that the lofty house, the magnificent palace and turned it into ruins. Gothic people to benefit from the wealth of Rome, Rome was offensive. They do not intend to long-term occupation of the city, and certainly not mentally prepared for managing the entire empire. In the sixth day into the city, they abandoned Rome to southern Italy to promote, plan crossing the Sicilian expedition, go Africa. But Allah suddenly died out, so Gothic Yuandu plan did not materialize. Later in the southwest of Western Roman Empire – in northern Spain today, build Visigoth kingdom. After that, in the vast territory of the Western Roman Empire, the East Goths, Vandals, Franks, Burgundians people, Anglo-Saxons were gradually built up a “barbarian” kingdom. As an empire had been eating the mulberry silkworm, have eaten all around the middle has also been full of holes. Those “barbarians,” a small country that is the predecessor of today, some European countries.
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