Translation of "упадка" in English

Римляне не желали своей империи упадка, но это произошло.

- Romans did not want their empire to decline; but it did.
- Romans did not wish for the fall of their empire, but it happened.

Но чего вы здесь не увидите - насилия и упадка, достигших угрожающего масштаба в его правление.

What you don't see is the violence and regression that have been rampant under his watch.