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Fall of Rome

Fall of Rome. Quiz. This man never met Jesus, and actually persecuted Christians in his early life. He would later go and spread Christianity to Rome. People who suffer or die for their beliefs are referred to as?

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Fall of Rome

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  1. Fall of Rome

  2. Quiz • This man never met Jesus, and actually persecuted Christians in his early life. He would later go and spread Christianity to Rome. • People who suffer or die for their beliefs are referred to as? • State one reason, that we discussed, that Christianity was able to spread so quickly across the Roman Empire. • This document granted freedom to worship to all Roman Citizens. • The Western part of the Roman empire spoke what language? The Eastern part of the Roman empire spoke what language?

  3. Empire is Split • 284 A.D. , Diocletian divided the empire into two parts • He ruled the wealthy East • Maximian ruled the West • Looked to slow inflation • Fixed prices

  4. Constantine • Declared a new Capital • Byzantium • He later renamed it Constantinople

  5. Invaders • As the Huns invaded eastern Europe, Germanic tribes fled toward Rome for safety • Visigoths, Ostrogoths, and other Germanic tribes

  6. Odoacer • 476 A.D. • Germanic leader • Ousted the emperor of Rome

  7. Why did Rome “fall”? • Military Attacks • Political Turmoil • Economic Weakness • Social Decay

  8. Military Attacks • Roman legions were weak • Lacked discipline and training the earlier legions had • Mercenaries (foreign soldiers for pay)

  9. Political Turmoil • Government lost support of the people • Throne was constantly changing • Empire was divided (East/West)

  10. Economic Weakness • Relied on slave labor • Heavy taxes • Shrinking middle class

  11. Social Decay • Lost values of patriotism, discipline, and devotion to duty

  12. Quiz • List the 4 reasons for the fall of the Empire. • Reason • Reason • Reason • What group invaded Europe and would eventually oust the Germanic Tribes to the north of Rome?

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