This in turn set up the Roman Empire for vulnerability from outside attacks, which leads to Gibbon's third reason for the collapse of Rome. "The savage nations of the globe are the common enemies of civilized society." The Barbarian tribes from the north began to push southward into Rome about the same time that Rome was going through much inner turmoil...
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Gibbons points out, "The Romans were ignorant of the extent of their danger, and the number of the enemies." The endless column of Barbarians pressed on the Roman empire with accumulated weight. The Huns moved westward pushing with them many other Barbarian tribes. Gibbon (3) writes, " The northern countries of Europe and Asia were filled with innumerable tribes of hunters and shepherds, poor, voracious, and turbulent; bold in arms, and impatient to ravish the fruits of industry...
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