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History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Decline in morals and values | 32,000 prostitutes, had parties where people ate and drank until they became Ill, people watched death games at gladiator events |
| Environmental/health | Leaders, nobles killed off or made crazy by lead |
| Exclusive military spending | Defending against barbarians was a drain, to little left for other things like public housing or maintaining roads so taxes were raised |
| Inferior technology | Relied to much on slaves or human/ animal labor and failed to install new technology |
| Inflation | less gold coming into the empire so coins were made with less gold and people began to barter |
| Political corruption | Army chose emperor by who gave the most, 25/37 assassinated |
| Unemployment | Slave labor, the main cause, government imported grainy to feed the unemployed |
| Urban decay 44,000 apartments in rome | 1st floor was more expensive and the more stairs you climbed the less money it was for rent |
| Barbarian invasion | Border left open due to civil war. Odoncer overthrows last emperor, Europe falls apart |