For what reasons did outside groups invade Rome?

Answer 1

it depends because the Roman Empire suffered many invasions which were repelled invaded many times by many peoples over the course of three centuries before the final invasions which led to he fall of the western part of this empire. Many were raids for looting and ravaging. Invasions by the Huns in the eastern part of the empire were carried out to extract a tribute from the Romans. The Huns tired to invade Gaul and then Italy because their king, Attila, wanted to take over the western part of the Roman Empire. The Persians were part of centuries of wars over territorial disputes in which both the Romans and the Persians invaded, but did not retain, each other's territories. Some invasions were by peoples who were in search of new lands.

The invasions which led to the fall of the western part of the Roman Empire were by peoples in search of new lands. They were the result of the migration period. Peoples from Scandinavia and northern Germany migrated southwards. This squeezed the lands of the peoples who lived in Central Europe. This led to the Alemanni of southern Germany taking over Switzerland, which was part of the Empire.T he invasions of Eastern Europe by the Huns (who came from Asia) added to this squeeze. The Vandals, Sueves and Alans invaded Gaul and moved to Hispania (Spain and Portugal). The Vandals and Alans went on to take over northwestern Africa. The Burgundians took over eastern Gaul. Peoples from northern Germany ands migated in search for new lands. The Angles, Saxons and Jutes, and the north of the Netherlands migrated to Britannia in waves and took it over