210 Reasons for the decline of the Roman Empire
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− | Source: A. Demandt, Der Fall Roms (1984) 695 | + | '''[[The Introduction of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon]]''' |
− | See also: Karl Galinsky in Classical and Modern Interactions (1992) 53-73 | + | |
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+ | |- | ||
+ | | style="text-align:left; font-size:10pt;" | | ||
+ | *[[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]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | | style="text-align:left; font-size:10pt;" | | ||
+ | *[[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 ]] | ||
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+ | | style="text-align:left; font-size:10pt;" | | ||
+ | *[[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]] | ||
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+ | |} | ||
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+ | <br style="clear:both"> | ||
+ | ::Source: A. Demandt, Der Fall Roms (1984) 695 | ||
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+ | ::See also: Karl Galinsky in Classical and Modern Interactions (1992) 53-73 | ||
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+ | [[Category:Decline and Fall]] |
Latest revision as of 11:30, 23 May 2009
- From The Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd, 1911.
The Introduction of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
- Source: A. Demandt, Der Fall Roms (1984) 695
- See also: Karl Galinsky in Classical and Modern Interactions (1992) 53-73