John Locke was a British political philosopher of the Enlightenment Era. One of Locke's most notorious thoughts on politics was that each and every person is born with certain rights, that are property, life and liberty.
One of the Foundation Fathers, and later on the third President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, used this concept created by John Locke and included it in the Declaration of Independence. He gave this set of rights the name of of <u>"Unalienable Rights"</u>.
The dominant factor in an epic is the heroic main character. This character often is the son of a god or goddess and is favored by the gods. Heroic characters are also always hounded by constant tragedy which drives them to fulfill their fates. Most heroic characters are high in social status and share close contacts with the gods. All of these qualities of heroic characters show up in the characters of Aeneas <span>from The </span>Aeneid<span> and Gilgamesh from the </span>Epic of Gilgamesh<span>. </span>
1) Invasions by Barbarian tribes
2) Economic troubles and overreliance on slave labor
3) The rise of the Eastern Empire
4) Overexpansion and military overspending
5) Government corruption and political instability
6) The arrival of the Huns and the migration of the Barbarian tribes
7) Christianity and the loss of traditional values
8) Weakening of the Roman legions
