HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND DESTRUCTION
OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Ksenia korshakova
PREREQUISITES AND REASONS FOR THE COLLAPSE OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
In 3-4 centuries AD, the administrative and political life of the country was in
deep decline. The empire was led to collapse by internecine and civil wars, as
well as increased invasions by barbaric tribes, which destroyed property and
depleted the treasury of a huge state.
PREREQUISITES AND REASONS
FOR THE COLLAPSE OF THE
ROMAN EMPIRE
In 325, Emperor Constantine convened the
first church council in Nicaea, where the
"symbol of faith" was approved - the
foundations of Christianity were legalized.
At the end of the 4th century, Emperor
Theodosius recognized the Nyean branch of
this religion as state.
DIVISION OF THE ROMAN
EMPIRE INTO WESTERN AND
EASTERN
• The date of January 17, 395 is a landmark for
the history of the Earth, because many
historians associate the date of the collapse of
the Roman Empire with the end of the ancient
period. On this day, the last emperor of the
united empire Theodosius divided it into two
parts, transferring the western part to the
youngest son Honorius, and the eastern part
with the capital in Constantinople - Arcadia.
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CONCLUSION
The Roman Empire, like all empires before and after it, collapsed due to
internal reasons. There were enough of them that the once mighty state could
not withstand a large-scale external threat.
LITERATURE
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Yasnitsky N. A. The problem of the fall of the Roman Empire. Edward Gibbon: Abstract
of the dissertation of the Candidate of I. N. — M., 2002.