210 Reasons for the decline of the Roman Empire
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*Malaria | *Malaria | ||
*Marriages if convenience | *Marriages if convenience | ||
| − | Mercenary system | + | *Mercenary system |
| − | Mercury damage | + | *Mercury damage |
| − | Militarism | + | *Militarism |
| − | Monetary economy | + | *Monetary economy |
| − | Monetary greed | + | *Monetary greed |
| − | Money, shortage of | + | *Money, shortage of |
| − | Moral decline | + | *Moral decline |
| − | Moral idealism | + | *Moral idealism |
| − | Moral materialism | + | *Moral materialism |
| − | Mystery religions | + | *Mystery religions |
| − | Nationalism of Rome's subjects | + | *Nationalism of Rome's subjects |
| − | Negative selection | + | *Negative selection |
| − | Orientalization | + | *Orientalization |
| − | Outflow of gold | + | *Outflow of gold |
| − | Over refinement | + | *Over refinement |
| − | Pacifism | + | *Pacifism |
| − | Paralysis of will | + | *Paralysis of will |
| − | Paralyzation | + | *Paralyzation |
| − | Parasitism | + | *Parasitism |
| − | Particularism | + | *Particularism |
| − | Pauperism | + | *Pauperism |
| − | Plagues | + | *Plagues |
| − | Pleasure seeking | + | *Pleasure seeking |
| − | Plutocracy | + | *Plutocracy |
| − | Polytheism | + | *Polytheism |
| − | Population pressure | + | *Population pressure |
| − | Precociousness | + | *Precociousness |
| − | Professional army | + | *Professional army |
| − | Proletarization | + | *Proletarization |
| − | Prosperity | + | *Prosperity |
| − | Prostitution | + | *Prostitution |
| − | Psychoses | + | *Psychoses |
| − | Public baths | + | *Public baths |
| − | Racial degeneration | + | *Racial degeneration |
| − | Racial discrimination | + | *Racial discrimination |
| − | Racial suicide | + | *Racial suicide |
| − | Rationalism | + | *Rationalism |
| − | Refusal of military service | + | *Refusal of military service |
| − | Religious struggles and schisms | + | *Religious struggles and schisms |
| − | Rentier mentality | + | *Rentier mentality |
| − | Resignation | + | *Resignation |
| − | Restriction | + | *Restriction to profession |
| − | + | *Restriction to the land | |
| − | Restriction to the land | + | *Rhetoric |
| − | Rhetoric | + | *Rise of uneducated masses |
| − | Rise of uneducated masses | + | *Romantic attitudes to peace |
| − | Romantic attitudes to peace | + | *Ruin of middle class |
| − | Ruin of middle class | + | *Rule of the world |
| − | Rule of the world | + | *Semieducation |
| − | Semieducation | + | *Sensuality |
| − | Sensuality | + | *Servility |
| − | Servility | + | *Sexuality |
| − | Sexuality | + | *Shamelessness |
| − | Shamelessness | + | *Shifting of trade routes |
| − | Shifting of trade routes | + | *Slavery |
| − | Slavery | + | *Slavic attacks |
| − | Slavic attacks | + | *Socialism (of the state) |
| − | Socialism (of the state) | + | *Soil erosion |
| − | Soil erosion | + | *Soil exhaustion |
| − | Soil exhaustion | + | *Spiritual barbarism |
| − | Spiritual barbarism | + | *Stagnation |
| − | Stagnation | + | *Stoicism |
| − | Stoicism | + | *Stress |
| − | Stress | + | *Structural weakness |
| − | Structural weakness | + | *Superstition |
| − | Superstition | + | *Taxation, pressure of |
| − | Taxation, pressure of | + | *Terrorism |
| − | Terrorism | + | *Tiredness of life |
| − | Tiredness of life | + | *Totalitarianism |
| − | Totalitarianism | + | *Treason |
| − | Treason | + | *Tristesse |
| − | Tristesse | + | *Two-front war |
| − | Two-front war | + | *Underdevelopment |
| − | Underdevelopment | + | *Useless eaters |
| − | Useless eaters | + | *Usurpation of all powers by the state |
| − | Usurpation of all powers by the state | + | *Vain gloriousness |
| − | Vain gloriousness | + | *Villa economy |
| − | Villa economy | + | *Vulgarization |
| − | Vulgarization | + | |
Source: A. Demandt, Der Fall Roms (1984) 695 | Source: A. Demandt, Der Fall Roms (1984) 695 | ||
See also: Karl Galinsky in Classical and Modern Interactions (1992) 53-73 | See also: Karl Galinsky in Classical and Modern Interactions (1992) 53-73 | ||
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- Abolition of gods
- Abolition of rights
- Absence of character
- Absolutism
- Agrarian question
- Agrarian slavery
- Anarchy
- Anti-Germanism
- Apathy
- Aristocracy
- Asceticism
- Attack of the Germans
- Attack of the Huns
- Attack of riding nomads
- Backwardness in science
- Bankruptcy
- Barbarization
- Bastardization
- Blockage of land by large landholders
- Blood poisoning
- Bolshevization
- Bread and circuses
- Bureaucracy
- Byzantinism
- Capillarite sociale
- Capitalism
- Capitals, change of
- Caste system
- Celibacy
- Centralization
- Childlessness
- Christianity
- Citizenship, granting of
- Civil war
- Climatic deterioration
- Communism
- Complacency
- Concatenation of misfortunes
- Conservatism
- Corruption
- Cosmopolitanism
- Crisis of legitimacy
- Culinary excess
- Cultural neurosis
- Decentralization
- Decline of Nordic character
- Decline of the cities
- Decline of the Italian population
- Deforestation
- Degeneration
- Degeneration of the intellect
- Demoralization
- Depletion of mineral resources
- Despotism
- Destruction of environment
- Destruction of peasantry
- Destruction of political process
- Destruction of Roman influence
- Devastation
- Differences in wealth
- Disarmament
- Disillusion with stated
- Division of empire
- Division of labor
- Earthquakes
- Egoism
- Egoism of the state
- Emancipation of slaves
- Enervation
- Epidemics
- Equal rights, granting of
- Eradication of the best
- Escapism
- Ethnic dissolution
- Excessive aging of population
- Excessive civilization
- Excessive culture
- Excessive foreign infiltration
- Excessive freedom
- Excessive urbanization
- Expansion
- Exploitation
- Fear of life
- Female emancipation
- Feudalization
- Fiscalism
- Gladiatorial system
- Gluttony
- Gout
- Hedonism
- Hellenization
- Heresy
- Homosexuality
- Hothouse culture
- Hubris
- Hypothermia
- Immoderate greatness
- Imperialism
- Impotence
- Impoverishment
- Imprudent policy toward buffer states
- Inadequate educational system
- Indifference
- Individualism
- Indoctrination
- Inertia
- Inflation
- Intellectualism
- Integration, weakness of
- Irrationality
- Jewish influence
- Lack of leadership
- Lack of male dignity
- Lack of military recruits
- Lack of orderly imperial succession
- Lack of qualified workers
- Lack of rainfall
- Lack of religiousness
- Lack of seriousness
- Large landed properties
- Lead poisoning
- Lethargy
- Leveling, cultural
- Leveling, social
- Loss of army discipline
- Loss of authority
- Loss of energy
- Loss of instincts
- Loss of population
- Luxury
- Malaria
- Marriages if convenience
- Mercenary system
- Mercury damage
- Militarism
- Monetary economy
- Monetary greed
- Money, shortage of
- Moral decline
- Moral idealism
- Moral materialism
- Mystery religions
- Nationalism of Rome's subjects
- Negative selection
- Orientalization
- Outflow of gold
- Over refinement
- Pacifism
- Paralysis of will
- Paralyzation
- Parasitism
- Particularism
- Pauperism
- Plagues
- Pleasure seeking
- Plutocracy
- Polytheism
- Population pressure
- Precociousness
- Professional army
- Proletarization
- Prosperity
- Prostitution
- Psychoses
- Public baths
- Racial degeneration
- Racial discrimination
- Racial suicide
- Rationalism
- Refusal of military service
- Religious struggles and schisms
- Rentier mentality
- Resignation
- Restriction to profession
- Restriction to the land
- Rhetoric
- Rise of uneducated masses
- Romantic attitudes to peace
- Ruin of middle class
- Rule of the world
- Semieducation
- Sensuality
- Servility
- Sexuality
- Shamelessness
- Shifting of trade routes
- Slavery
- Slavic attacks
- Socialism (of the state)
- Soil erosion
- Soil exhaustion
- Spiritual barbarism
- Stagnation
- Stoicism
- Stress
- Structural weakness
- Superstition
- Taxation, pressure of
- Terrorism
- Tiredness of life
- Totalitarianism
- Treason
- Tristesse
- Two-front war
- Underdevelopment
- Useless eaters
- Usurpation of all powers by the state
- Vain gloriousness
- Villa economy
- Vulgarization
Source: A. Demandt, Der Fall Roms (1984) 695 See also: Karl Galinsky in Classical and Modern Interactions (1992) 53-73
