Articles on the decline and fall of the Roman Empire and emperors of the later years before the Fall of Rome.
The government in the Regal, Republican and Imperial periods with links to lists showing the heads of state in each era.
Resources on this site relating to the end of the Roman Empire, its later emperors and the Fall of Rome.
Articles on the end of the Republic and the people involved in the activities that led to the fall of the republic.
E. A. Thompson looks at the historical record to set straight the abilities of the leader of the Huns, Attila, in his book The Huns.
"From the age of Trajan and the Antonines, when the Roman monarchy, having attained its full strength and maturity, began to verge towards its decline ...to the subversion of the Western Empire, by the barbarians of Germany and Scythia.... This extraordinary revolution, which subjected Rome to the power of a Gothic conqueror, was completed about the beginning of the sixth century.
If the sons of Nubel hadn't been so eager to do away with one another, Africa might have become independent of Rome.
Theodosius put an end to the heresies at Constantinople and was the last emperor effectively to control both East and West.
When Julian the Apostate came to power in ancient Rome, Christianity was less popular than paganism, but when the pagan Julian was killed in battle, it was the end of Roman official acceptance of polytheism
A guest feature on the reasons for the fall of Rome. The Fall of Rome, by Adrian Dorrington.
A self-grading quiz on Imperial Ends from 238-325 A.D.
If you're trying to understand what we know of the Teutoberg Forest disaster in A.D. 9, when three Roman legions were annihilated by German tribes, or you are looking for background on the opening scene of the movie Gladiator, Peter S. Wells' very clearly written The Battle That Stopped Rome - Emperor Augustus, Arminius, and the Slaughter of the Legions in the Teutoberg Forest will be invaluable.
The Fall of the Roman Empire was a Western Empire phenomenon at least during the ancient period. The Empire didn't really fall in the East, which wasn't called "Byzantine" until recently. KL47, from the forum provides an enlightening explanation.
Reasons for the fall of Rome and the decline of the Roman Empire.
The Fall of Rome was, according to Edward Gibbon, inevitable. Quote from Gibbon on the Fall of Rome.
Last Best Chance to Defeat Alaric and the Goths - Stilicho and Rufinus. Because of personal ambition, the Pretorian Prefect Rufinus prevented Stilicho from destroying Alaric and the Goths when there was a chance.
Valens' defeat at the Battle of Adrianople in the Eastern Roman Empire in A.D. 378, was one of the crucial events leading to the ultimate Fall of the Roman Empire.
This site about Rome and the Roman Empire mentions that emperors did not have to march on Rome as Septimius Severus did.
