Downfall means something that causes failure and it leads to loss of position or reputation. Also, it means a sudden decline in strength or number or importance. In terms of referring to water,it means water falling down the earth.
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The Downfall of Osen was created in 1935.
Vespasian did not suffer any downfall in the usual meaning of the term. Yes he did eventually die, but he was nearly seventy and had secured the succession of his son Titus and the Flavian dynasty after him, no small feat considering the many emperors who tried and failed to establish dynasties. His last words before expiring were "Væ, puto deus fio" which means "Oh, I think I am becoming a god!" Certainly not words spoken by one who was suffering a downfall.
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Nothing caused Trajan's downfall. His reign ended when he died. He was ill in the last few months of his life and died of oedema.