Yes, the loss of discipline of the army was one of the reasons for the fall of the empire.
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In the third century Ad there was a 50-year period of military anarchy historians call the Crisis of the Third century.. Military commanders were proclaimed emperors by their troops and were challenged by other military commanders who were proclaimed by their troops. There was a lot of infighting. Many emperors were murdered. There were several usurper emperors. Two part of the empire seceded until the empire was reunited by Aurelian. In this period there were invasions in the eastern part of the empire by the Heruli and Goths and raids in the western part by the Franks and Alemanni. However, to say that the empire was overrun is an exaggeration. The Roman army repulsed the invasions. However, it became overstretched.
The Akkadian Empire in ancient Mesopotamia which controlled most of the Tigris and Euphrates river system from 2334 BC until 2154 BC when it was overrun by the Gutians, tribesmen from the Zagros mountains.
The loss of discipline to the Roman army(again western empire) occurred late in the fall of Rome. It was largely caused by the sheer influx of foreign/barbarian troops to fill the legions that Roman citizens would not do. So I'd say no.
The empire split into small kingdoms. These kingdoms were overrun by the Hunas or other Central Asian nomads. Which caused the empire to end about 535.
The empire split into small kingdoms. These kingdoms were overrun by the Hunas or other Central Asian nomads. Which caused the empire to end about 535.
There is not just one Persian Empire. There are several. If you are specifically referring to the Persian Empire of Cyrus the Great, Darius, and Xerxes, that empire was overrun by Alexander the Great between 334-324 B.C.E.
The army did so during the period historians call the Crisis of the Third century. This was a 50-year period of military anarchy. Many emperors were military commanders who were proclaimed emperors by they own troops. They in turn were challenged by other commanders who were proclaimed emperors by their own troops. Many emperors were murdered, sometimes even by their own troops which had proclaimed them emperors because they did not want to fight a civil war. There were also various usurper emperors in parts of the empire. Two part of the empire split from the Roman Empire (the Gallic Empire and the Palmyrene Empire. Aurelian restored the unity of the empire and for this he was called Restitutor Orbis (Restorer of the World).The Crisis did not actually cause the empire to be overrun. It encouraged the goths and the Heruli to invade the south of the Balkan Peninsula (particularly Greece and Bulgaria) three times and the Franks and Alemanni to plunder northern Gaul, across the River Rhine frontier. The Roman army managed to repulse these invasions or raids, even though at times it found itself overstretched. When the crisis was over the Roman Empire was still intact. It had only given up Dacia (par of Romania), which was north of the River Danube, because it was difficult to defend.
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