Editing Ancient Rome (section)

== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Analyzing</span> ==
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|+ Causes of the Fall of Rome (Western Empire, 476 CE)
! Factor !! Description !! Impact
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| Invasions || Barbarian tribes (Goths, Vandals) || Direct military collapse and loss of territory.
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| Economic Decay || Inflation, high taxes, and reliance on slave labor || Weakened the middle class and trade.
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| Overexpansion || The empire was too large to manage or defend || Strained resources and military.
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| Political Instability || Civil wars and weak emperors || Constant turnover of leadership and "Crisis of the Third Century."
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| Lead Poisoning? || Lead pipes in aqueducts and wine || A controversial theory about the physical decline of the elite.
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'''The Byzantine Continuity''': While the Western half of the empire fell in 476 CE, the Eastern half (the Byzantine Empire) survived for another thousand years, preserving Roman law and Greek culture until the fall of Constantinople in 1453.
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