Making Christianity as the main religion of Rome was one of the factors that led to the downfall of the empire. The emperor was regarded as one of the gods before Christianity came then the aftermath of the change of religion made the emperor not credible to his own people. Rome was also headed by incompetent leaders both in the military and government. Then the divided empire was overthrown by barbaric tribes.
Holmes wanted to look at the hotel register to make sure if the man was staying at their hotel. He came to know that he was not. There were other people staying there.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote "The Hound of the Baskervilles" which is a crime novel and the main character in the novel is the famous detective Sherlock Holmes.
B. they had poor pay for harsh work