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Question about Late Antiquity: Fall of the Western Roman Empire

Subject History

History

Source Originais Teachy

Originais Teachy

Topic Late Antiquity: Fall of the Western Roman Empire

Late Antiquity: Fall of the Western Roman Empire

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(Originais Teachy 2024) - Question Medium of History

The fall of the Western Roman Empire is a multifaceted historical event, marked by a complex web of internal and external causes. Among the internal factors, economic, political, and social crises stand out, while externally, the pressure of 'barbarian' peoples on the empire's borders and the expansion of Christianity played crucial roles. Edward Gibbon, in his work 'The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,' argues that 'The religion of the Roman Empire [...] contributed to the breakdown of what had once been a powerful and unified war machine.' Based on Gibbon's perspective and interdisciplinary knowledge of Late Antiquity, analyze the implications of the expansion of Christianity and the relationships with the so-called barbarian peoples in the context of the disintegration of the Western Roman Empire.

The adoption of Christianity as the official religion did not alter the Roman worldview, and the barbarian peoples did not exert significant pressure on the empire's borders.

Christianity, upon becoming the empire's official religion, strengthened the Roman military spirit, and the Church supported the State, while the barbarian peoples were completely assimilated without resistance.

The expansion of Christianity weakened the Roman civic and military spirit, and the Church accumulated power at the expense of the State, while the complex relationship with the barbarian peoples, involving conflicts and collaboration, contributed to the disintegration of the Western Roman Empire.

The relationship with the barbarian peoples was exclusively peaceful and based on their conversion to orthodox Christianity, which strengthened the unity of the Western Roman Empire.

The expansion of Christianity had little impact on the social and political structure of the empire, and the relationship with the barbarian peoples was marked only by military conflicts without any form of collaboration.

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