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How did the Roman Empire perish?
From 1 year to the 2nd century AD, the Roman Empire was in its heyday. Standing in the Mediterranean, it seems to be a powerful empire. However, in the 3rd century, there was a serious slavery crisis in Rome, agricultural decline and political turmoil, and the decline of the empire became irreversible.

Slave owners lead a luxurious and wasteful life. Their dwellings are usually magnificent buildings. Among them, there are cloisters for pre-bath exercise and interconnected heating rooms with different temperatures. Every time you enter a heating room, the temperature will rise once. The bather is in the heating room. When they are all sweaty, they should be washed with warm water and then with cold water. Finally, they should apply ointment all over their bodies to prevent colds. In order to show off the luxury of the empire, the emperor often held grand activities under the pretext of various festivals and anniversaries. In 106, Emperor Tulamo held 123 days of festivals and entertainment activities to commemorate his victory in Dacia. In the 4th century AD, a big bureaucrat held an entertainment celebration for his son and spent 2000 pounds of gold in seven days. Luxury and corruption in the court are even more fearless. There are hundreds of royal beauticians alone.

At the same time, the struggle of the rulers for power and profit is becoming more and more fierce. It is customary to establish an emperor today and kill him tomorrow. In the 50 years after 235 AD, there were 10 emperors.

On a sunny afternoon in the late autumn of 284 AD, a huge Roman army was marching in a hurry, and they plundered many treasures from the Persians. Unfortunately, the emperor died suddenly on his way back to Italy. His youngest son, who had been on the throne for less than a month, was seriously ill and had to lie on a stretcher to return home.

"Let's go! Go! " Apel, the chief bodyguard, ran back and forth beside the stretcher, sometimes gently lifting the quilt on the stretcher. When Abel lifted the quilt, the soldiers carrying the stretcher smelled a rotten smell, and they became suspicious. It was not until the evening that the team came to Nicome that the soldiers found the source of the smell. It turned out that their young emperor had been killed long ago, and it was actually the emperor's body on the stretcher.

"Who killed the emperor? Find the murderer! " The angry soldiers demanded that the murderer be severely punished.

Appel reprimanded the soldiers: "Are you going to rebel? The emperor is dead, so just choose another one. Who wants to gather people to make trouble and execute them on the spot! "

At this time, a high-pitched voice sounded: "You speak briskly! In my opinion, it is not others who should be executed, but yourself! You beast, you murdered two emperors in one month! " It was none other than Diocletian who spoke. The two men drew their swords and killed each other. Appel was killed on the spot, and Diocletian became the emperor of the Roman Empire.

Later, he built a large-scale construction and built a luxurious palace. When people saw him or held a court ceremony, Diocletian wore a silk dress made of gold, a headscarf studded with pearls and shoes inlaid with jewels. Anyone allowed to see him must bow to him. Diocletian was regarded as a god, the imperial power was greatly strengthened, and the title was officially changed to "monarch". This monarchy became a form of rule in the late Roman Empire.

After Diocletian came to power, he realized that he could not cope with the slave uprising and foreign invasion alone, so he entrusted his good friend Maxim to govern the western part of the empire. Therefore, the Roman Empire had two supreme rulers, and all orders were issued in their names. Later, they each used a deputy Caesar for themselves. From then on, these four men ruled a part of the empire respectively, which is known as the rule of "four emperors * * *". After Diocletian abdicated, Constantine succeeded to the throne. In 330, Constantine moved the capital to Byzantium and named Constantinople, which was called "New Rome" in history, creating conditions for the partition of East and West.

In 395 AD, the Roman Empire eventually split into two parts, namely the Eastern Roman Empire with Constantine as its capital and the Western Roman Empire with Rome as its capital. The Roman Empire, riddled with holes, was full of public grievances, and slave uprisings were surging. The most famous is the "Baghdad" (meaning warrior) movement initiated by Gauls. The rebels used peasants as infantry and shepherds as cavalry, and they fought everywhere, making the rulers tremble with fear. In 408 AD, Rome led a team back to Italy from Gaul, passing through the Alps, and was suddenly intercepted by Patagonians. All the spoils fell into the hands of Patagos. Bacardi pursued the policy of "turning slave owners into slaves" and constantly attacked Roman officials, which was warmly supported by slaves. At the beginning of the 5th century, a master dramatist made up a comedy and performed it in many areas, which vividly reflected the popularity of Bagata Movement at that time. The plot is like this: the protagonist is poor and embarrassed to make a living. He prayed to the patron saint of his family to find him a place to live and work in peace and contentment. God said to him, "You'd better be a robber in the Royal River. People there are impartial and selfless. I am satisfied when I go. " The Royal River area is the sphere of influence of Baghdad's activities; The so-called "being a robber" is to persuade people to be warriors in Baghdad.

When the Roman Empire was in chaos, it faced a new crisis: the Goths in the eastern Germanic nation entered Italy. The army was commanded by alaric, the most famous warrior among the Goths. Before going to war, he made a wish to his wife, saying, I'm going to Rome, and I'll give you the ladies in the city as handmaiden and their treasures as gifts.

However, the commander of Rome, the hysterical brother, defeated alaric. After the restoration of Rome, a series of celebrations were held, which was the last celebration of victory in Roman history and the last competition of gladiators.

Clever and military-capable hysterical brother decided to form an alliance with alaric to prevent Huns from invading the Volga River. This strategy was attacked by Roman nobles, who rumoured that their hysterical brother wanted to use the Goths to overthrow the rule of Emperor Honorius. Honoriu, who was incompetent and ignorant, listened to rumors and ordered the execution of his hysterical brother.

In 408 AD, alaric's army advanced to Rome again. They occupied Rome's ports and cut off Rome's food sources. The sound of hooves outside Rome frightened the ruler.

Parliament decided to send a messenger of peace to alaric.

"The sum? Yes, on condition that all the treasures in the city are handed over. " "So, what are you going to leave for the Roman citizens?"

"Life!"

"However, there are still many people in the city, and the soldiers are practicing every day. They will fight to the death. "

Alaric smiled: "That's good. The denser the grass grows, the easier it is to cut! "

Finally, an agreement was reached: the Romans provided 5000 pounds of gold, 3000 pounds of silver, 4000 pieces of silk, 3000 pieces of leather and 3000 pounds of pepper. In order to collect 5000 pounds of gold, the Romans even melted all the golden statues. After the Goths received these tributes, they allowed the Romans to go out of the city to buy food.

In 4 10, alaric decided to March into Rome. He announced to the soldiers that he could occupy Rome for three days at will.

On a thunderous summer night, Goths in animal skins blew horns and rushed into Rome. After three days and nights of looting and fires in all directions, towering temples and magnificent palaces have become scorched earth. Car after car was full of gold idols and gold utensils, and they were all taken away.

After looting and burning, the Goths abandoned Rome on the sixth day of entering the city and advanced to southern Italy. Soon, alaric died suddenly. It is said that the Goths forced Roman prisoners to drain a river, buried alaric's body and countless treasures at the bottom of the river, and then put water into the river. After the project was completed, all the prisoners were killed. So his burial place and sacrifices have never been found.

In 476 AD, the 6-year-old Western Roman emperor was deposed. In this way, it once ruled the Mediterranean for 12 centuries. Finally, it was wiped out under the slave uprising and foreign invasion, and the history of Western Europe turned a new page.