Antagonism between the Senate and the Emperor

Economic factors included:
-Trade deficits
-Inflation
-Poor management by government
-Poor leadership in government

Decline in morals – especially in the rich upper class

Political corruption was rampant

Constant Wars

High unemployment within the working class, resulting in increasing dependency on government

High cost of the “Dole” which was government supplied bread andentertainment for the non-working poor

Unrestricted trade agreements with foreign nations, resulting in Roman citizens not being able to compete with foreign trade

Class warfare between the rich and the poor

Increased government subsidies enabled citizens to live comfortably without working

The mob and the cost of games – the roman government provided circuses for the unemployed

Decline in ethics and values – the decline in Roman ethics and values is well-known and needs no further explanation

Decline in morals led to the destruction of families. It was not common to have two parent households.

Barbarian Invasion

Expansion of government – Ralph Martin Novak, author of “Christianity and the Roman Empire,” stated:“…whereas at the start of the third century A.D. the Roman emperors employed only about 300 to 350 full-time individuals in administering the Empire, by 300 A.D. this number had grown to some 30,000 or 35,000 people.”

High taxes were instituted to fund growing government and its programs.

Government ceased being the servant of the people and became its nanny.

Practices of infanticide were justified and legal.

Gladiator games, chariot races, and forms of violence were considered entertaining.

Paganism and religious tolerance ruled – except for Christianity.

Decline of the military and reduced incentives to join, including lack of respectable leadership.

Citizenship granted to foreigners

Romans became globalists instead of nationalists.

Decline in education, which had previously been conducted privately within homes. Prosperous Roman families began to hire Greeks to teach their children. The Greeks taught humanistic and godless philosophies.


We all know what happened to the Roman Empire.

History does not repeat. It is the people that repeat history.

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