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Foreign mercenaries who were recruited – including the Goths and barbarians who were trying to take the Romans’ land – failed to have the same loyalty to the empire and often turned against their employers. Rome’s famous legions also began to falter, and it became increasingly difficult to recruit men to its army. This period of conflict was exacerbated by external threats from outside forces and continued well into the fourth century. The third century had seen emperor Alexander Severus murdered by his own troops while on campaign – the ensuing political instability launched the empire into a crippling civil war, which saw dozens of emperors come and go.

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The people began to lose faith in its leaders. The Senate, too, was rife with corruption and was unable, or unwilling, to rein in the excesses of its rulers.

A series of weak emperors from the second century had seen more than 20 men on the imperial throne in just 75 years, thanks in part to the Praetorian Guard – bodyguards to the emperor – which was using its power to decide to promote, or kill off, would-be emperors. Government corruption and political instability were also contributing factors to the empire’s eventual fall. Agricultural and commercial production declined as a result, which in turn affected trade.

In addition, the empire’s expansion had slowed down considerably by the second century, meaning that the steady stream of labour provided by slaves brought in from conquered lands had also halted, causing a major labour deficit.

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This in turn saw Romans fleeing to the countryside as a way of avoiding the taxman. Severe financial crisis caused by wars and overspending had led to over-taxation and inflation. There are several contributing factors, some of which were taking place within the empire itself. Was it purely outside factors that caused the empire’s fall?