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document.
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and Doc B is how the soldiers wore no armor and The Huns werewas thedescribed
ones who to be better
invaded Rome at making
and
Doc D is about the Huns (from a roman POV).
failed to protect it.
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Document B tells how the soldiers were being lazy necks”, “ugly”, “completely ignorant”, and more. The
invaded
and gaveaup lot,their
and armor.
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the assumption
battles. I got thisthatinfothey fromwere the ones
document to cause
C and B. I gaining power but wiping out thethe whole roman
overwhelming desire for seizing property of
Rome to fall. Then from Doc B the evidence is that
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Document B and C.
is talking about why the invaders decided why to way of life that they have
the Roman Empire is it talks about the Hunsno need of fire or pleasant
who
start invading the soldiers decided
states in doc. B how they military couldn't fight they didn't want are the people who end up invading
unthinking animals, they are completely ignorant of the Roman
ostrogoths
back to the passed
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and inRomedoc. Catthey
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the property of others, these swift-moving and
time and in document c it says “So our soldiers The Huns invaded Rome. This document describes
document ungovernable people make their destructive way
fought the it is describing
Goths without any the invasions
 protectionoffor Rome.
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soldiers and how
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the Roman armorwho
soldiers for of the Huns, meaning that they might have seen
protection. So intheconclusion, duewasto the lack of been how they
their ways. If thetook Huns over Rome.
were not close to Rome, then
was about how government week.
protection and laziness from
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the huns they have
conquered seen the Huns.empire.
the roman I don’t believe
succeeded) in the fall of Rome. According to the
Rome
declineresulted
of the romanin foreign armies indocuments
empire.both their borders, were map, the Huns, the Vandals, the Ostrogoths, and the
falling apart fighting
and a weak military. force that the romans couldn't withstand
are both stating how Therefore,
the empirethis wasevidence Visigoths triedstated
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in thewere lazybecause
hey couldn't stand didn’t
a
document shows the invasions. In document b, major
Empire. part
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the romans thoughtif thethey
Huns were
about
it shows thehowarmy thegetting
romanweaker army and Document C help destroyand their empire, then why say allweren't
these
C has a map that shows us the didnt
route wantof theto wear
foreign uncivilized lawless. Also because they
armor
invasions.anymore,
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B talks themhow wanted to others,
notthe liked bythese swift-moving
the romans so thatand could ungovernable
have triggered
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people is supported
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destructive treatment
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the of
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live in their
the earliest
roman
head or chest, it was easy for people to win the was already weak, it was probably really easy for
caused
battle thetake
and fall of Rome.
over Rome. Taking over Rome empire which caused taxes to go down because no
Document C because Document B talked aboutisthe the Huns to take them over, based on their
what document C is about andathe soldiers getting of competition and how tough it is, but also shows
fall
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again Document
soldiers rarelyRome ever wore it. Therefore, they D explained the decline of thecould
Roman
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Document C shows the invasions of Rome and the empire because they were lying about how the huns
about how they're soldiers didn't want to wear
people who invaded them. So, the two documents to
their horses, because they weren't very well
savagery.
helmets. But when, because ofExcept negligence and adapted towith
combat on foot.InComparing the lazy
don't have much in common. for the fact that to partner anymore. the text it says “The
laziness, parade ground drills were abandoned, the Huns exceed
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then
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the
good. They
romans have compact, sturdy limbs and thick necks . . .
decline.
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invaders took andto reach roam.so in . Although they have the shape . . . of human beings,
of great cities in Document C both documents
it states that the sign they was
are so in wild
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is stated in my own words and in Document B and huns
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assassinations, military problems like armor and
document to help explain the decline of the Roman conscription, legal injustice, foreign invasions, and
the Roman side of the Rhine. The Romans settled
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liked
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people, people and they asked the governor to remove their
smaller.and that in order to have peace and justice conquered, then most likely they would capture the
life . . . better
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Romans would cause less people paying taxes which also
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of foreign
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other romans. When they of the harsh left,
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Priscus the in this document.
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an interview of a Hun. The taxes were severe and Romans were. because of the lost of supplies
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be ruled by peace
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indicates
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going to take over. Also if there is no money to help
thethe they
goverment wasnt good enough. weren’t able
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deplored that the governors, notEvidence,
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invasions
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year
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and the army is weak then invasions will have an easier time taking control.
ry problems also are a big issue. If soldiers don’t have the protection gear they need to fight they won't win any battles. They will jus

could attack, leading to havoc. I also picked military problems, because it lead to great loss of military and land. They asked the emp
win any battles. They will just lower the populating and weaken Rome.

and land. They asked the emperor if they could stop wearing armor because it was too heavy. “So our soldiers fought the Goths witho
oldiers fought the Goths without any protection for chest and head and were often beaten by archers.” Lastly, I picked natural disast
Lastly, I picked natural disasters because of the great loss of lives. The main cause was the two diseases, measles and the plague. Th
measles and the plague. The loss of lives meant less taxes for the government, which also meant that there are less people eligible
here are less people eligible for the military, meaning that Rome was easy pickings. “ The population of Rome decreased from a milli
Rome decreased from a million people to 250,000.”