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Decline of the Roman Empire
Decline of the Roman Empire
Full Name
The Decline of the Roman Empire
Event Type
Bear Market
Location
Earth
Discusses The Following
Experts
Child Events
Notes
Fall of Roman
empire
began with a debasement of the
currency
Used less valuable
metal
s than
gold
/
silver
in the
currency
Previously the Roman
empire
was on the rise for > 1,000 years
Had been expanding territory (
war
, annexation)
Had made lots of
money
on
trade
Had strong
currency
(
gold
aureus and
silver
denarius)
Good times lasted through may eras:
Roman Kingdom (8th century
BC
start)
Roman
Republic
(6th century
BC
start)
Roman
Empire
(1st century
BC
start)