Why did roman fall ? Who had power in rome , who was rome fighting

Rome had tangled with Germanic tribes for centuries, but by the 300s “barbarian” groups like the Goths had encroached beyond the Empire's borders. The Romans weathered a Germanic uprising in the late fourth century, but in 410 the Visigoth King Alaric successfully sacked the city of Rome.In 476 C.E. Romulus, the last of the Roman emperors in the west, was overthrown by the Germanic leader Odoacer, who became the first Barbarian to rule in Rome. The order that the Roman Empire had brought to western Europe for 1000 years was no more.The Ancient Romans fought many battles and wars in order to expand and protect their empire. There were also civil wars where Romans fought Romans in order to gain power. Here are some of the major battles and wars that the Romans fought. The Punic Wars were fought between Rome and Carthage.The most straightforward theory for Western Rome's collapse pins the fall on a string of military losses sustained against outside forces. Rome had tangled with Germanic tribes for centuries, but by the 300s “barbarian” groups like the Goths had encroached beyond the Empire's borders.

Explanation:

Rome fell because it was ultimately a Stratocracy, the reason Rome expanded so easily when it was smaller was because it was more profitable to expand outside and take resources, but when the cost of garissoning, defending, and harvesting that land outweighs the benefits, holding onto that land became unprofitable, and just giving it up would seem outrageous.

The power in Rome was more focused to the Consul, or Imperator

Rome was fighting in the east, the Sassanid Persians, In the North, Germanic tribes and visigoths, and in the Northeast, the Huns.

Explanation:

your answer would be (a)