why did the roman empire fall when it had so much domination? they revolutionised so much
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It had a common problem with many empires: it was funded by the expansion. Taking new territory brings in new resources, land to give to the retiring legions, and slaves. You have no way to get that level of economic output without a new conquest every X years. Once it became too big to effectively govern and/or the neighbors became too strong and far away to conquer, Rome started to stagnate. The specific timeline of failure after that is interesting, but not critical to the fact it could not continue existing this way forever.
Was it possible to reform the empire to no longer be balanced around repeated growth? I think in the end East Rome basically did that…
Maybe I’m wrong, but I heard it explained like this and it makes sense to me.
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