The Roman Empire was under near constant attack from Attila the Hun and mercenaries. The Roman empire negotiated peace terms with the Huns which bled thousands of pounds of gold from Rome both as one time punishment fees and yearly tributes.
The mercenaries were part of the roman army who were paid to work.
The Hun constantly kept attacking the borders of Rome so that weakened their military, and it was very costly to Rome. This also gave the Huns much land.
Leadership dispute, decline in trade hurt the economy, mercenaries hired.
The decline of Rome dovetailed with spread of Christianity, and some argue that the rise of the new faith helped contribute to the empire's fall.
Boadicea helped with the decline of the Roman Empire.
The Romans could not stop Attila from attacking the part of the empire in the Balkan peninsula by crossing the river Danube. Attila did this several times and extracted heavy ransoms. The Romans managed to stop Attila from invading Gaul by assembling an army made of Romans and their Visigoth and Frankish allies. Soon after this Attila died and the Hun empire collapsed.
The Hun constantly kept attacking the borders of Rome so that weakened their military, and it was very costly to Rome. This also gave the Huns much land.
Leadership dispute, decline in trade hurt the economy, mercenaries hired.
Power struggles, Trade was disrupted, and many barbarian mercenaries were hired.
nationalism in Balkan helped contribute to the outbreak of world war 1(WW1).
The hiring of Germanic mercenaries or enlisting ot Germanic soldiers or allies did not lead to the decline of the empire. The decline of the empire had started before that. The use of Germanic soldiers reflected the insufficient level of Roman manpower for the army and the increased pressure which attempted invasions or invasion exerted on the Roman military.
Set up there own independent states
nationalism in Balkan helped contribute to the outbreak of world war 1(WW1).
The decline of Rome dovetailed with spread of Christianity, and some argue that the rise of the new faith helped contribute to the empire's fall.
The Praetorian Guard contributed to the empire's decline by selling the throne, they killed some of the emperors after that, resulting to more fighting for the throne.
The rise of nationalism in the Empire eventually caused the break-down of the Ottoman millet (confessional community) concept.
Power struggles Trade was disrupted, hurting the economy Provincial battles Many mercenaries were hired, hurting the economy
Over time Roman soliders became less trustworthy ( means being able to depend on a person)and have lots of punishments if they did something wrong. They gave their dedication to their commanders .To guard against increasing threats to the empire the gov began to volunteer mercenaries . ( mercenaries are foreign soldiers who foughts for money )