Summary
The Fall of Rome happened in the late fourth century. Rome fell after being the world's most dominant super power for nearly 500 years. There are many reasons why Rome fell and historians say it ranged from military losses and failures, taxes, to natural disaster to climate change. whether or not these are the reasons one thing is for sure, Rome did fall. Some people argue that Rome didn't actually fall since only the western empire fell and not the eastern part. The Eastern part of Rome flourished for another thousand years after the "fall" of Rome, in the name of the Byzantine Empire. How the Roman Empire actually fell is an ongoing debate till this day. Some theories are more popular than others, but any one of them could be the truth... (equanimeous)
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One reason for the fall of Rome was the invasion by Barbarian tribes. Rome was being attacked and also slowly declining cause of a severe financial crisis. The Romans began to rise up again after several military losses but were sacked again by Visigoth King Alaric. After this attack the empire spent most of the years being threatened by other forces. Until it was destroyed again by the Vandals in 476.Finally after this a Germanic leader Odoacer staged a revolt against the emperor Augustulus. This marked that no roman emperor would rule form Italy ever again this is the final down fall of the Roman Empire. (kameron)
Works Cited
Aqueduct (roman architecture) and old town by night. Photography. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 28 Jan 2015. http://quest.eb.com/#/search/144_1575459/1/144_1575459/cite Map of the Roman Empire / Copper engrav.. Fine Art. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 29 Jan 2015. http://quest.eb.com/#/search/109_124827/1/109_124827/cite FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, THE (1964). Photography. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 29 Jan 2015. http://quest.eb.com/#/search/144_1478034/1/144_1478034/cite |
The Fall of Rome
W. H. Auden, 1907 - 1973
(for Cyril Connolly)
The piers are pummelled by the waves;
In a lonely field the rain
Lashes an abandoned train;
Outlaws fill the mountain caves.
Fantastic grow the evening gowns;
Agents of the Fisc pursue
Absconding tax-defaulters through
The sewers of provincial towns.
Private rites of magic send
The temple prostitutes to sleep;
All the literati keep
An imaginary friend.
Cerebrotonic Cato may
Extol the Ancient Disciplines,
But the muscle-bound Marines
Mutiny for food and pay.
Caesar’s double-bed is warm
As an unimportant clerk
Writes I DO NOT LIKE MY WORK
On a pink official form.
Unendowed with wealth or pity,
Little birds with scarlet legs,
Sitting on their speckled eggs,
Eye each flu-infected city.
Altogether elsewhere, vast
Herds of reindeer move across
Miles and miles of golden moss,
Silently and very fast.
(equanimeous)
Works Cited:
From Another Time by W. H. Auden, published by Random House. Copyright © 1940 W. H. Auden, renewed by The Estate of W. H. Auden. Used by permission of Curtis Brown, Ltd.
W. H. Auden, 1907 - 1973
(for Cyril Connolly)
The piers are pummelled by the waves;
In a lonely field the rain
Lashes an abandoned train;
Outlaws fill the mountain caves.
Fantastic grow the evening gowns;
Agents of the Fisc pursue
Absconding tax-defaulters through
The sewers of provincial towns.
Private rites of magic send
The temple prostitutes to sleep;
All the literati keep
An imaginary friend.
Cerebrotonic Cato may
Extol the Ancient Disciplines,
But the muscle-bound Marines
Mutiny for food and pay.
Caesar’s double-bed is warm
As an unimportant clerk
Writes I DO NOT LIKE MY WORK
On a pink official form.
Unendowed with wealth or pity,
Little birds with scarlet legs,
Sitting on their speckled eggs,
Eye each flu-infected city.
Altogether elsewhere, vast
Herds of reindeer move across
Miles and miles of golden moss,
Silently and very fast.
(equanimeous)
Works Cited:
From Another Time by W. H. Auden, published by Random House. Copyright © 1940 W. H. Auden, renewed by The Estate of W. H. Auden. Used by permission of Curtis Brown, Ltd.