What were some of the main causes of the decay and fall of the western Roman Empire?
What were some of the main causes of the decay and fall of the western Roman Empire?
Answer: Epidemic disease caused loss of about a quarter of the population (as well as lead poisoning). "Barracks emperors" seized power, which led to chaos. External pressures such as germanic invasions caused Rome to collapse, after it was already weak.
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