How Did The Roman Empire Impact Society

Rome was the greatest empire of all times and it impacted the society in many ways. It impacted society by the creation of laws, government practices, language, literature, and art.

However, Rome entered into a long series of decline beginning with the death of Marcus Aurelius in AD 180. Meanwhile Marcus Aurelius instead of accommodate another successor he made a crucial mistake of naming his son Commodus as an emperor. Confronting this time of problems Rome desired a good and devoted leader. As a substitute of the carefree that Commodus was. The Roman Empire fell in AD 476 to Barbarians invaders as a result of the fall of Rome. This period of time became known as the “crisis of the third century.” At that time the empire was surrounded by economic, military, and politic problems.

The economic, military, and politic problems that Rome faced during those years was one of the biggest reasons for the decline of Rome.

Many of their problems came from the city and not by a massive military defeat fought against another empire. Although many of the problems came from the city the decisions taken by the emperors were not the smartest ones to take and as a result led the city to

collapse.
The most divesting cause of the fall of Rome was the economic problems that Rome had. It all started with the government that had to pay many debts because of the public constructions,
Maintenance and also the most significant part the army. Also one of the most important things was affected and that was trade. Trade was affected by the barbarian raids on the Mediterranean Sea. The damaging balance of trade wiped-out Rome’s Silver and Gold by buying goods from China, Arabia, and India. Another cause was farmers lost their lands and were unable to grow and sell crops. Inflation occurred rapidly and increasing prices made the value of the money less because of fewer taxes paid.
The military troubles that Rome faced during the fall of Rome was they had no money to pay their soldiers and that made them weaker. Rome was defeated by the Persians in AD 260 in a very embarrassing way when the Roman emperor Valerian was arrested in the fight. The constant threat of invaders on the border was very difficult to stop them. Roman emperors began to bring mercenaries from other countries that would accept fewer payment. At the end Roman soldiers only fought for money and they could not be trusted.
The last part of the decline of Rome was the political issues that they had. They had too many poor leaders that weakened the government. Also they frequently went into fight between one and other over power. During this difficult times many officials committed suicide and other officials took bribes. The tax collector had to collect a certain amount of money and if there was not enough he had to pay the difference himself. This made fewer leaders to serve in the government due to the dangerous conditions.
A change was finally made in AD 284, when a son of a slave named Diocletian became the emperor of Rome.