Toynbee believed that the empire fell because of Christianity. Tonybee knew that the Christianity was rising and becoming popular as the empire was falling. He put these two things together and came up with the conclusion that, the rise of Christianity was to blame for the fall of the Roman Empire. He believed that Christianity was so strong it could collapse a whole empire.
Gibbon on the other hand, talked about the rise of the empire and how it had some extreme rises. He said it become a great empire. It had many good qualities that he pointed out. He believe it fell because of its greatness. He thinks Rome got to big for and it couldn’t handle it. It became to big and didn’t know what to do leading to the fall. He thinks this because it believes Rome did not know what they were up against and had to face. This became to much for them to handle so they crashed.
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"Medieval Sourcebook: Gibbon: The Fall of the Roman Empire." FORDHAM.EDU. Web. 19 Mar. 2010. .
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