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Why Rome Fell (a Condensed Version)

Why Rome Fell (a condensed version)
The sun had long ago set, the newborn moon peeked out from behind a
scattering of thin, high clouds. From a vantage point atop one of seven hills I
could see glimpses of how this great city must once have looked. The mammoth
buildings seem to shed their long years and are once again as they were; huge,
awe inspiring, it is as if a portal in time had opened and I am afforded a
glimpse into what was Rome. What could have caused this once master of all
cities to fall? This paper will attempt to describe some of the explanations
generally accepted, or should I say argued, and possibly shed some light on what
could have caused the fall of what was, ...

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chapter of Jordan's Gibbon and his Roman Empire sum up my feelings
concerning the work; however, I will attempt to show some of Gibbon's Causes for
this decline.
Two of Gibbon's causes are the political blunders of its emperors and
their search for personal glory. These are especially obvious in his chapters
on Constantine. In them Gibbon accuses the emperor of destroying Rome for his
own personal glory. Another cause would have to be the anti-Roman nature of
Christianity. Gibbons argues that the ‘insensible' penetration of Christianity
was fatal to the empire by undermining the genius of a great people. On a
pessimistic note, Gibbon also lists as a ‘causes' the inevitable collapse of all
human institutions, some arguments on the corrupting nature of luxury, and some
detailed reflections on the vanity of human wishes. While the arguments
presented are lengthily backed, they seem to fail in explaining the true nature
of the fall.
Others, many others disagree ...

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Added: 6/27/2007 01:12:55 AM
Category: World History
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