Transcript Decline and Fall of Roman Empire

Decline and Fall of Roman Empire
• Rome ruled
• What groups • The invaders
invaded
over a large
part of the
Rome and
ancient world why?
• The Roman
Empire
eventually fell.
• Foreign
invaders
played a role
in bringing
down the
empire.
were different
peoples
belonging to
groups known as
Germanics,
Slavs, and Huns
• They invaded
for a variety of
reasons; some
wanted to share
in Rome’s land
and wealth,
others were
fleeing the Huns.
• Internal factors
Internal Factors • What other also led to the
empire’s eventual
External
factors
fall. These factors
Factors
played a role
in the decline
and fall of the
empire?
included economic
and social, a
decline in
agriculture, and
military and
political problems.