The fall of the Roman Empire The Greeks, after their country had been reduced into a province, imputed the triumphs of Rome, not to the merit, but to the fortune of the republic. "The inconstant goddess, who so blindly distributes and resumes her favors, had now consented to resign her wings, to descend from her globe, and to fix her firm and immutable throne on the banks of the Tiber." A wiser Greek, who has …showed first 75 words of 845 total…

…showed last 75 words of 845 total…luxury, and despotic power. The deepest wounds were inflicted on the empire during the minorities of the sons and grandsons of Theodosius; and, after those incapable princes seemed to attain the age of manhood, they abandoned the church to the bishops, the state to the eunuchs, and the provinces to the Barbarians. The Roman empire actually declined and then fell into the hands of the barbarians. Due to the arrogance and loss of traditional values.