r of the fourteen regions were left, three were totally destroyed, and seven were destroyed by the remains of the smoking structures.The Roman empire crumbled due to insufficient economic power, which came about for a variety of reasons. It lacked the resources necessary to keep such a vast empire intact. The empire reached such a point that it could no longer support itself becoming top heavy, and crashed down like a tower that had grown too high for its own foundation. The second reason for the Roman Empires decline was the decay of the military. The destruction of the Roman military power in the fifth century was responsible for the collapse of the government in the West. The massive Roman army that was made up of about 200,000 men, eventually disintegrated into an unorganized mob of people. The primary military factors that led to the falling apart of Rome’s military was the weakening sustained in the numerous conflicts with the Barbarians. Also the reliance on mercenaries who were hired soldiers who had not allegiance to a certain city so they showed loyalty to numerous power centers.One of the most important factors in the decline of the military was the lack of recruits of Roman background. One problem was the granting of citizenship to all free men within the empire. Non-citizens who served in the Roman army would be granted citizenship at the end of their enlistment. During the first two centuries voluntary enlistment’s enrolled to keep the armed services up to par. But Rome was experiencing a population decrease, and as the population decreased all available manpower disappeared as well. In addition many people did not want to serve in the military because of what they would be put through. These occurrences had negative results on the military establishment. Because of factors such as the "free citizenship" Offered by Rome and the lack of available manpower, Rome's army, which at one time had been the symbol of i...
