What contributed to the beginning of the decline of the Roman Empire? Choose all answer that are correct. Incompetent rulers placed huge tax burdens on the Roman citizens. Soldiers in the outer parts of the Roman Empire often supported local commanders instead of the emperor. The soldiers hired on the frontiers were not willing to go defend other parts of the empire. Regardless of the strength of the emperors, the Roman army was unable to hold back barbarian invasions from the south and west.

:) during the cold war, people were afraid of communists, both outside and inside the united states. the red scare and mccarthyism that grew out of these fears were damaging to the american way of life. during the mccarthy years, many of the freedoms guaranteed in the bill of rights were limited. write a paragraph explaining what lessons can be learned from the mccarthy era about what u.s. citizens need to protect in order to preserve the democratic political system and the american way of life.