What were the primary reasons for the fall of Rome?

inflation

• a rise in the cost of goods

• a way of passing on information

• to fall apart

barbarians

• People had traditional religious beliefs

• People paid to fight for another country

• People who did not share the Roman Culture

collapse

• To rule from another country

• to fall apart or break into pieces

• To gain power

mercenaries

• People who invaded the Roman Empire

• People paid to fight for a country that is not their own

• People who did not share the Romans' culture

Pax Romana

• A time of Roman Peace

• A time when Rome declined

• A time when Rome fell

dictator

• A ruler who makes no decisions himself

• A ruler who shares his power with a government

• A ruler who has total power over a country

republic

• A government in which supreme power is held by the people and those they elect

• A government where supreme power is held by one person alone

• A government where the king makes all the decisions

sack

• To destroy

• To strengthen

• To put in a bag

orthodoxy

• Traditional religious beliefs

• To fall or break apart

• a person who follows another in office