Question

2. What message might these frequent and violent changes in leadership have sent to people of the Roman Empire?

3. What message might these frequent and violent changes in leadership have sent to people living outside the Roman Empire?

4. How does this document help explain the decline of the Roman Empire?

Answer 1

2. The people were being signalled that not everything is at where it should be at the highest levels of their nation. It was a cause for concern as it signaled possible instabilities in their civilization as well.