Topic: Explain the causes of the downfall of the Roman Republic and the Empire.

Rome, a new city, built on the seven rolling hills at a curve on the Tiber River, near the center of the Italian Peninsula. Rome grew from a small settlement to a mighty civilization that then evolved from a republic to an empire. A republic is a form of government where the citizens choose their leaders, where an empire is a form of government where the land and the citizens are rules by a single ruler. What caused the shift of the new political system? The political, social, economical and military issues caused the cause of the downfall of the Roman Republic and Empire. But, the primary cause was the invasion by German tribes and the Huns.

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