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WHI: SOL 6k Decline of the Roman Empire Causes for the decline of the Western Roman Empire • Geographic size: Difficulty of defense and administration • Economy: The cost of defense, and devaluation of Roman currency • Military: Army membership started to include non-Romans, resulting in decline of discipline Causes for the decline of the Western Roman Empire • Moral decay: People’s loss of faith in Rome and the family • Political problems: Civil conflict and weak administration • Invasion: Attacks on borders by various Germanic tribes (Visigoths, Vandals, Goths, Huns, Ostrogoths) Division of the Roman Empire • Diocletian divided the empire into East and West to make management easier, cost less • Move of the capital by Constantine from Rome to Byzantium, renaming it Constantinople • Survival of the Western Roman Empire until 476 A.D. (C.E.), when it ceased to have a Roman Emperor • Europe plunged into the Dark Ages for centuries • Eastern Roman Empire survives and becomes the Byzantine Empire End of the Roman Empire • Western Roman Empire (Europe) plunges into the Middle Ages (476-1400’s a.d.) • Centuries immediately after collapse of Roman Empire known as the Dark Ages cultural regression (going backwards), lack of unity • Catholic Church becomes central power/authority in Europe