Fall of Rome

If you ask me, the fall of Rome was bond to happen. For starters, a string of bad emperors who had no interest in expanding the empire or maintaining it wasn't good. Then Rome simply got too big and the government couldn't control everything. This lead to civil war which leads to many economic problems. Hope was restored to the empire when Diocletian came to power and had a great idea to split the empire in two so that it was easier to manage. This did work but not for long. Rome's army was still at lengths to maintain the empire so it was easy for barbarians to invade and settle on Roman territory. Many of these tribes were simply peaceful and trying to escape the Huns who were migrating from Asia. But others were not, and soon enough, the Western part of Rome's empire fell at the hands of the Visigoths leader Alaric. Many historians will mark the end of the whole Roman Empire in 476 AD when the last emperor was defeated in the western part of the empire. Despite all of this, Constantinople withstood attacks from barbarians and the city remained intact for another thousand years.

I personally feel that this was all going to happen one day are Rome were just waiting for it to happen. Along with all that I have mentioned, Rome's small workforce, poor economy, lack of technology, and it's poor military all had a major hand in it's downfall.