Using what you have learned about the fall of Rome analyze potential problems for the United States?
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Over 1,500 years ago, Rome fell to Germanic tribes once seen by the empire as a mere nuisance. While the fall of the Roman Empire has spawned hundreds of theories and comparisons to modern troubles, this much at least is clear: no superpower is immortal. Americans seem unable to conceive of a world in which we are not supreme, but we are slowly getting the message.
Much like the US today, Rome was once the world's sole superpower. An empire whose influence spanned across the entire Mediterranean and into Asia and Africa, few civilisations in history can rival the sheer breadth of Roman influence in global affairs. Rome's collapse was precipitated by numerous internal factors, but it also faced strengthening external threats that capitalised on the internal chaos of the western empire. The small tribes which had fought the empire for years on the margins of their territory joined forces to form more powerful coalitions that the empire was unable to resist with its border armies. Even toward the very end, the well-financed and organised Roman military was formidable, but too often Rome found itself wasting resources it desperately needed to survive on costly internal divisions.