Rome, the once mighty empire, experiences one of the most famous collapses in history. Historians of yesterday and today talk about it and are studied by many disciplines. Although many factors caused this decline, including civil wars and the depletion of the military and taxes, it is certain that the Germanic tribes that surrounded the empire played a role in the fall of the western part. It could be argued that their role was both critical and that Rome itself brought about its own downfall. To understand people's behavior, you must first understand culture. Archaeological evidence depicts a violent people who regularly engaged in warfare. Graves were excavated containing swords, axes, spears and other combat equipment, and the bones of the dead showed evidence of a violent lifestyle. In the Bronze Age, violence was limited to tribal, small-scale, and local warfare. But with the Iron Age there was a large-scale tribal migration, for reasons still unknown. It is possible that the tribes were looking for more land to farm or heard of great opportunities for raiding and pillaging along the Roman frontier. When such a large population moves to new lands, it comes into conflict either with the indigenous people already living there or with each other in a battle for resources. The high possibility of violence meant that everyone who could fight did so. Very early in life, young people learned to use weapons from their elders and tribes banded together for regular raiding expeditions. Although it would take a long time before the warriors could be assembled into a large, unified force, there was now a population capable of waging war in an instant. These people were fierce and individual tribes could become individual units in a larger army, a strategy in which Rome trained its soldiers. This came naturally to the Germanic people, and the result was