Fall of the Roman Empire made a great impression on his contemporaries.After the invasion of the Visigoths "Eternal City" (Rome) continued to exist, however, lost its global significance, emptied.Roman Forum, a place where people's lives were solved, overgrown with grass.The brutal plundering of the city indicating the imminent fall of the Roman Empire as a whole.Few doubted the upcoming sunset of culture and social system of power.Anticipating disaster Regia Hippo Augustine (Bishop of the city, one of the leading figures of Christianity beginning of the 5th century) began to create his famous work "The City of God."In it, he thought about the rise and fall of earthly kingdoms, including Rome.Augustine put forward the theory of the divine city, which will replace the existing empires on earth.
reasons for the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
great importance in the sunset of the kingdom given to the Great Migration (ages 4-7).During this period, China emerged from the Huns moved west.They began to push the tribes that inhabited the area on their way, forcing residents removed from their seats and move into the territory of the Roman Empire.
most warlike and numerous while Germanic tribes were vandals and ready.The Romans have long clashed with them and reflect their attack.At the same time, some Germanic tribes were federates (allies) of Rome.The Germans were in the army of the Empire, reaching high positions and taking a very honorable position.
Since the end of the 4th century to promote the Germanic tribes began to take on the character of the invasion.Confront it was harder and harder.
Goths inhabited the territory of the Black Sea before the Romans started to bother.From the 3rd century to the Gothic tribes began to join other peoples.Thus was formed the union of the barbarians.
Gothic tribes were divided into two groups: the Visigoths and Ostrogoths.After the attack in the year 375 the Huns, the Goths were forced to cross the Danube.Thus, they were on the territory of the Roman Empire.
Goths were allowed to settle in as the Feds.However, in their tribes prevailed hunger, people dying.Goths the Romans felt guilty for their troubles.Mutiny.In 378, the Romans at Adrianople were defeated.Their Emperor disappeared.
the beginning of the 5th century, the Goths again made a trip to Italy.In 410 it began the siege of Rome, which caused hunger, the spread of disease among the people.Gothic chieftain Alaric demanded a huge ransom from the townspeople.The Romans began to melt my statue to make ingots and ready to give the leader.But Alaric, tired of waiting, took the city.For the first time there was a lot century capture of the "Eternal City".For three days Rome became almost extinct and dilapidated.
in 455 Vandals moved to Italy.For two weeks, they looted and burned Rome.Tens of thousands of people were killed, the rest were taken into slavery.Captivated and the Empress appeared daughters.
Fall of the Roman Empire occurred rapidly.State weakening, could not protect his subjects.Defenseless against the onslaught of enemies were rich and poor.
However, the reasons for the fall of the Roman Empire were not only in the invasion of the invaders.According to one of the ancient historians, the people themselves have become the country's worst enemies for themselves.From excessive taxes suffered slaves and the poor.They came to desolation of the earth, people were dying of hunger.In order to survive are often in the service of the population passed to the barbarians, believing that it is better to others like humility and lack of freedom than the injustice and cruelty in their own country.
Fall of the Roman Empire conventionally dated to 476 year, when he was deposed the last ruler of the boy Romulus Augustin.
St. Augustine in his book called the death of the kingdom of payback for all the terrible sins of his past.Father of the Church does not see any possibility of salvation of Rome.
