Joe Peck History 7 Period 7 12/20/13 Decline of the Western Roman Empire Military spending and Inferior Technology

were some of the bigger reasons that Romes Government failed and the western part of Rome got overthrown. In Rome, the army was falling in population with every barbarian attack. The military would go to the city and recruit many homeless or jobless people to join the army. Sometimes they even had to get people from other countries. This was not a very reliable army, so in battles they were doomed to be defeated. This led to the military spending large amounts of money and it left the government little money left to provide the city with other resources such as grains to feed all of the homeless and jobless people. The government soon started charging more on taxes, and this led to more civil wars and rebellions. The Romans were also unable to invent new machines or adapt their military technology in manner that could prevent them from losing territory to invading barbarian forces,(Decline of the Western Roman Empire). In Rome they relied on their 200-year-old ways of getting around resources, but they never invent new ways to get around or new inventions to help their army. Without new technology the attackers would have a weapon advantage on Rome battles. To have a successful civilization the military needs to have an efficient way of spending money and also be able to get new technology. In Vulcania, the military will have a specific amount of money to spend every month and there will also be specialized jobs as inventors and creating new technology. The government in Vulcania will give the military a certain amount of money every week, kind of like an allowance. With this the military wont take all the money out of the governments bank and they wont have to raise taxes. In case of an emergency or the military wants more money for a certain project, the generals or whoever wants to speak to the government can debate for it and they might or might not get a raise. In Rome, They built marvelous roads, bridges, and

aqueducts. (Decline of the Western Roman Empire) This was really great, except they did not rebuild these structures and get new technology after a while. In Vulcania, the people will build big up to date structures and they will replace after a while to make sure they are safest and more efficient. Also, for the military there will be specialized mechanics to create new technology and weapons to Vulcania the advantage against invading tribes and cities. If the people Vulcania can keep their money level under control and be able to create new technology their civilization will be successful.