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Objective: Identify the causes of the fall of the Roman Empire

Objective: Identify the causes of the fall of the Roman Empire. FOCUS: PUT THESE EVENTS IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE FALL OF THE REPUBLIC/BEGINNING OF EMPIRE CAESAR IS CROWNED DICTATOR, THEN ASSASSINATED/AUGUSTUS CROWNED EMPEROR PLEBEIANS GET REPRESENTATION IN THE PATRIARCH DOMINATED REPUBLIC

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Objective: Identify the causes of the fall of the Roman Empire

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  1. Objective: Identify the causes of the fall of the Roman Empire • FOCUS: PUT THESE EVENTS IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE • FALL OF THE REPUBLIC/BEGINNING OF EMPIRE • CAESAR IS CROWNED DICTATOR, THEN ASSASSINATED/AUGUSTUS CROWNED EMPEROR • PLEBEIANS GET REPRESENTATION IN THE PATRIARCH DOMINATED REPUBLIC • RISE OF CHRISTIANITY

  2. ANSWER

  3. ABANDON SHIP • WHO STARTED PAX ROMANA OR ROMAN PEACE? • IT ENDED WITH MARCUS AURELIUS • AFTER HIM, IN 50 YEARS THERE WERE 26 EMPERORS (JUST ONE DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES) • TAXES WERE HIGH; FARMLAND WAS BEING OVERCULTIVATED; THE PRICE OF GOODS WAS RISING • DIOCLETION AND CONSTANTINE (GRANTED RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE) MAKE REFORMS A) REVIVED THE ECONOMY B) SPLIT THE EMPIRE IN TWO

  4. TRIBES TO THE NORTH • ROMANS WERE ALWAYS FIGHTING WITH PEOPLES TO THE NORTH (GERMANIC TRIBES) • THE WEAKENED WESTERN EMPIRE COULD NO LONGER FIGHT THEM • THE HUNS, AN ASIAN PEOPLE, BEGAN PUSHING THROUGH EUROPE, SENDING THESE GERMANIC TRIBES INTO THE WEAKENED WESTERN EMPIRE • 476 A.D., A GERMAN OCCUPIES THE WESTERN THRONE=FALL OF ROME

  5. EXPLORE THE CAUSES OF THE FALL OF ROME

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