 A weak central government  High taxes

 Barbarian invasions

 The use of slave labor to replace many

Roman jobs - causing joblessness

 A divided empire

 The weakening of trade and farming due to almost constant civil war

 Corrupt government officials

 The rising cost of education

 The inability of the government to distribute information quickly

 The immense (large) size of the empire

 A Roman army partially made up of foreign-born soldiers who had little loyalty to Rome

 Civil wars among Roman military leaders / Political factions with competing agendas

 The end of expansion leading to the end of treasure from that expansion

Now that you are familiar with the reasons for the Fall of Rome, which three do you think. write a paragraph.

are the most important ?