The political decadence of the Roman RepublicThe fall of the Western Roman Empire was the first example in history of the collapse of a constitutional system caused by the internal decay of political, military and economic issues and sociological. The government was becoming corrupt with corruption. Roman army commanders directed their armies towards their own constitutional systems, fueled by their ruthless ambition. This article will talk about how violence and internal unrest in the period 133 BC-27 BC was what caused economic stagnation in the city of Rome and the end of the Republic and many corrupt politicians and generals who thought of nothing else. rather than personal gain and glory. The Senate lost control of the Roman army and the reason they rebelled against the Senate was because the Senate was no longer able to help deal with the social problems or the military and administrative problems of the empire. The economy of the Roman Empire soon hit rock bottom due to high taxation to support the army. Gold was also eroding as Rome was no longer bringing in new resources through expansion. Emperors then attempted to mint silver and copper coins and the end result was inflation and dramatic increases in commodity prices. There were many things that led to Rome's fall, but the greatest was the violence and ruthless ambition of men like Marius, Sulla, and, of course, Julius Caesar. This ultimately destroyed the Roman republic. The first crisis the late republic faced was the slave revolt in 73 BC. The slave army numbered approximately 70,000 men led by a gladiator named Spartacus. He was a gladiator who escaped from a training facility and attracted t...... middle of paper ......ion all of this demonstrated that an empire's style of rule and rule began a pattern of events century-long which ultimately led to the fall and destruction of the old oligarchy led by the Senate. The combination of a politician's or general's desire for personal gain and glory was what weakened Roman customs and the Senate. This was a cycle between the Senate, finding themselves stuck in one problem and finding others to solve through obviously military means but in turn making everything more corrupt with their disruptive practices like Pompey and Julius Caesar. But they were not the only ones, others were also responsible for such decadence and corruption, such as Marius, Sulla, Gaius and Tiberius Gracchus. It was they who kept this cycle of corruption alive and it was Caesar Augustus who finally broke the cycle and brought stability and order back to Rome..