THE FALL OF ROMAN EMPIRE

The fall of Roman Empire

The fall of Roman Empire

Q. In detail, explain why did the Roman Republic collapse?

A. The term Roman Republic ( Latin. : Res publica Romanorum) mean that the period of Roman history in which the Romans evicting the last king of the Etrusco Tarkynio Lucius , also have established the constitution of the res publica. The term res publica generally refers to form of government of the Roman Empire in 509 BC until 27 BC when Octavian is surrounded by monarchical power and the title augustus (Redfish), which, however, viewed as a revival of the res publica.

Despite the inadequacy and unreliability of the sources of the early centuries of this period, we can say that there were three elements of political power: the consuls (consules), the senate (senatus) and people (populus). The consules, two, were magistrates, whose term lasted one year and were the bodies of executive power, the imperium. On major decisions, however, followed the Senate. For the Romans, the prestige, the authority of the Senate (auctoritas senatus) was a key element of political life.

Even the popular assemblies controlled by the traditional nobility, due to both the weighting of votes according to which the vote of the rich had multiple weight than the poorest, and other networks of patronage through which the rich acted as protectors of economically disadvantaged in exchange for vote buying. Essentially the traditional nobility (nobilitas) had absolute control so the political system, which is expressed with great force the Senate. (For more, please check Appendix)

References

Matyszak, Philip (2004). The Enemies of Rome. Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-25124-X.

Eck, Werner (2003). The Age of Augustus. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 0-631-22957-4.

Appendix

Fall of the Roman Empire also called fall of the Roman Empire. The Fall of Rome is a historical term division of historical research at times to the late Western Roman Empire. Edward Gibbon, the famous study The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776) was the first to use this terminology at Montesquieu, but was neither the first nor the last to speculate on why and when the empire collapsed. (Eck, 2003)

"From the eighteenth century onward, Glen W. The Bowersock has remarked, “We tortured the fall: it has been estimated as an archetype for every perceived decline, and therefore, as a symbol of our fears. "It remains one of the greatest historical questions, and has a tradition rich in scholarly interest. In 1984, German professor Alexander Demandt published a collection of 210 theories on why Rome fell, and several new theories have emerged since then. (Matyszak, 2004)

The traditional date of the fall of the Roman Empire is September 4, 476 when Romulus Augustulus, the last Emperor of the Western Roman Empire was deposed by Odoacer. Some modern historians consider the relevance of this date, as the Ostrogoths who succeeded considered as upholders of the direct line of Roman traditions, and noting, as Gibbon, that the Eastern Roman Empire went from strength to strength and continuing until Fall ...