CASH CRISIS

• Inflation


  Prices rise and money loses its value
• Economic problems faced by the Roman Empire

  • Inflation
  • Heavy taxes
  • Debasement of currency (money worth less than before)
• How the Roman Empire got money

  1. Taxes

  2. Tributes (payments from conquered peoples)
• Pressure on the Roman Empire's resources


  Little left for other things
• Debasement of currency


  Money was worth less than before
• Value of the Empire's money went down


  People couldn't buy as much with their money
• People couldn't buy as much with their money

  Led to less spending and slower economic activity
• Trade networks


  Routes that allowed the Empire to buy and sell goods with other places
• Decline of trade networks

  Harder for the Empire to do business, which slowed down economic growth
• These issues led to a stuck economy and upset people
• The strain on resources, less valuable money, and reduced trade created an unstable economy