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# Roman Empire - Performed agricultural task - 1/3 of them were slaves - The collapse or fall of the Roman Empire - Lead to the collapse of Roman Empire - The Golden Age of Rome is called Pax Romana - Came to a close with the death of an emperor, Marcus Aurelius, and ended at 180 -...

# Roman Empire - Performed agricultural task - 1/3 of them were slaves - The collapse or fall of the Roman Empire - Lead to the collapse of Roman Empire - The Golden Age of Rome is called Pax Romana - Came to a close with the death of an emperor, Marcus Aurelius, and ended at 180 - **Fall of Roman Empire causes:** - Ineffective later emperors - Concerned more with pleasures of life rather than ruling the empire - Some influence of army generals - When they get in power - Try to assassinate the emperor to be emperor - Decline of trade with high taxes - Population decline due to epidemic disease - Poor harvest alongside unequal land distribution - Rich people have more land, and poor people have less - Similar pattern repeats (throughout history) - Also, social and moral decay - Dependence on slave labor - Recruitment of non-Romans into the Roman army (a lot of Germanic army) - Empire was too big to rule - Ineffective to rule - Vastness of the Empire - Roman Empire facing this, started to decline - Invasion of Germanic tribes