What happened when the Roman Empire ended?
The Roman Empire had become too large for the Emperor to hold on to by the end of the Fourth Century and the Empire had been split into two parts, each with it’s own Emperor. Many of the tribes outside the Roman Empire joined together to attack Rome. This meant that most of the Army was ordered to defend Gaul and Rome. With all this fighting it became difficult to collect the huge sums of money needed to be collected to pay for the Army and all of the public officials. It took nearly a hundred years, but the Empire slowly crumbled. The Britons were left to govern themselves. Rome had too many problems, without trying to hold on to the edges of the Empire. With no Army or Roman officials to order the country, pay the soldiers, collect taxes or maintain the roads, the people of Britain began to look after themselves. They looked to strong local leaders to protect them, much as they had done over 300 years ago, before the Romans came to Britain. New settlers arrived and took land by force
