210 Reasons for the decline of the Roman Empire
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| − | Source: A. Demandt, Der Fall Roms (1984) 695 | + | *From The Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd, 1911. |
| − | See also: Karl Galinsky in Classical and Modern Interactions (1992) 53-73 | + | |
| + | '''[[The Introduction of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon]]''' | ||
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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]] | ||
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| + | *[[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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| + | *[[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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| + | ::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
