The Fall of the Roman Empire 04.17.20
Reading guide:
1. What were the causes of each condition that led to the fall of the Roman empire?
a. Disruption Trade - Hostile tribes outside of the boundaries of the empire interfered with the trade.
b. Gold and Silver drain -Expansion fo the empire exceeded the amount of gold and silver available to be found
c. Inflation -Disappearance of money.
d. Decline of loyalty and dicipline in military -Roman soldiers became less disciplines and loyal because they gave their loyalty to christianity, and non-violence.
e. Citizen indifference and loss of patriotism -Rome relied on foreign men to fight in the army. With no skill defeat was common therefore resulting to lose of patriotism.
2. What steps did Diocletian take to restore order and reform the empire?
When Diocletian realized that the empire was too big to run, he split the empire into four regions.
3. What did Constantine do to reform the empire?
Constantine made Christianity the official religion in Rome.
4. What caused the final collapse of the Western Roman empire?
German tribes and barbarians moved into Rome.
Terms and Names:
1. inflation -a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money.
2. mercenary - a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army.
3. Diocletian - Diocletian, was a Roman emperor from 284 to 305. Born to a family of low status in Dalmatia, Diocletian rose through the ranks of the military to become a cavalry commander of the Emperor Carus's army. After the deaths of Carus and his son Numerian on campaign in Persia, Diocletian was proclaimed emperor.
4. Constantinople - Constantinople was the capital city of the Roman Empire, of the Eastern Roman Empire, of the brief Crusader state known as the Latin Empire and of the Ottoman Empire.
5. Attila - Attila, frequently called Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death in March 453. He was also the leader of a tribal empire consisting of Huns, Ostrogoths, and Alans among others, in Central and Eastern Europe.
Main Ideas:
3. What were the main internal causes of the empire’s decline? (use the chart in the readings to detail the causes).
Inflation, decline of agriculture economy, growing population, loss of patriotism, mercenaries, economy fall, reached limit of expansion, taxes were raise. The economy was the most important because it affected everything else.
4. How did Diocletian succeed in preserving the empire?
He ruled with an iron fist and fixed previous problems, split the empire in half and ruled the Eastern part, doubled the size of the Roman army
5. Why did so many Germanic tribes begin invading the Roman Empire?
They were fleeing the Huns, who had moved into their lands and began destroying everything. When they were running away from the Huns, the Germanic people moved through the Roman provinces of Gaul, Spain and North Africa.
1. What were the causes of each condition that led to the fall of the Roman empire?
a. Disruption Trade - Hostile tribes outside of the boundaries of the empire interfered with the trade.
b. Gold and Silver drain -Expansion fo the empire exceeded the amount of gold and silver available to be found
c. Inflation -Disappearance of money.
d. Decline of loyalty and dicipline in military -Roman soldiers became less disciplines and loyal because they gave their loyalty to christianity, and non-violence.
e. Citizen indifference and loss of patriotism -Rome relied on foreign men to fight in the army. With no skill defeat was common therefore resulting to lose of patriotism.
2. What steps did Diocletian take to restore order and reform the empire?
When Diocletian realized that the empire was too big to run, he split the empire into four regions.
3. What did Constantine do to reform the empire?
Constantine made Christianity the official religion in Rome.
4. What caused the final collapse of the Western Roman empire?
German tribes and barbarians moved into Rome.
Terms and Names:
1. inflation -a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money.
2. mercenary - a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army.
3. Diocletian - Diocletian, was a Roman emperor from 284 to 305. Born to a family of low status in Dalmatia, Diocletian rose through the ranks of the military to become a cavalry commander of the Emperor Carus's army. After the deaths of Carus and his son Numerian on campaign in Persia, Diocletian was proclaimed emperor.
4. Constantinople - Constantinople was the capital city of the Roman Empire, of the Eastern Roman Empire, of the brief Crusader state known as the Latin Empire and of the Ottoman Empire.
5. Attila - Attila, frequently called Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death in March 453. He was also the leader of a tribal empire consisting of Huns, Ostrogoths, and Alans among others, in Central and Eastern Europe.
Main Ideas:
3. What were the main internal causes of the empire’s decline? (use the chart in the readings to detail the causes).
Inflation, decline of agriculture economy, growing population, loss of patriotism, mercenaries, economy fall, reached limit of expansion, taxes were raise. The economy was the most important because it affected everything else.
4. How did Diocletian succeed in preserving the empire?
He ruled with an iron fist and fixed previous problems, split the empire in half and ruled the Eastern part, doubled the size of the Roman army
5. Why did so many Germanic tribes begin invading the Roman Empire?
They were fleeing the Huns, who had moved into their lands and began destroying everything. When they were running away from the Huns, the Germanic people moved through the Roman provinces of Gaul, Spain and North Africa.
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