What Were the Primary Reasons for the “Fall” of Rome?

a) The Roman Empire was successful because the map tells us so.
b) The Roman Empire fell because of it's size, laziness, and foreign invaders.
c) The Roman Empire fell because they were too nice, wealthy and powerful.
d) The Roman Empire is successful because they never fell.

B

Explanation:

Their empire was too big. Their resources spread too thin. No wonder why they fell. They were just too big!

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explanation

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apply the zero product property to get:

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