The Fall of the Roman Empire

How the greatest empire in history unraveled

An Empire Stretched Too Thin

The Cracks

Overexpansion drained resources. Borders grew impossible to defend. Political instability rotted the core from within.

The Collapse

Currency devalued. Trade collapsed. Germanic tribes breached the borders Rome could no longer hold.

The End

Romulus Augustulus, the last emperor, was deposed. A thousand years of Roman rule came to a close.

The Legacy

Its laws, language, and architecture still shape the modern world. Empires fall. Ideas endure.