2. Rome Fell for Two Reasons  Internal problems  No easy way of passing power from one emperor to another  Poor emperors that spent money on the wrong things  Corruption in politics  Money going to the wrong places  People avoid paying taxes  Army not paid  External problems  Rome was invaded by lots of peoples.  It wasn’t one army that crushed Rome’s forces. It was many armies, attacking at the same time, in different parts of the empire.

4. The Germanic Tribes Invaded from the North

5. The Vandals from the South.