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The Giant Came Tumbling Down

Explore the foreign invasions, corrupt government, division of empire, poverty, declining moral values, and the eventual fall of the mighty Roman Empire in 476 A.D.

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The Giant Came Tumbling Down

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  1. The Giant Came Tumbling Down The Decline and Fall of Rome World History

  2. Foreign invasions • Germanic people • for centuries attacked the Romans • some learned Roman way and became allies • Huns • nomadic people • fought fierce battles • Visigoths • In 410 overran Italy and plundered Rome

  3. Corrupt government • Became more oppressive and authoritarian • Lost support of the people • Undermined loyalty • Frequent civil wars • Political violence and instability • Emperors were overthrown by ambitious generals

  4. Division of the Empire • Eastern part • controlled by Diocletian • Fixed prices for goods and services • Laws required sons to follow their father’s occupations • Made center of power by Constantine • Economy was revived

  5. Division of Empire • Western provinces • Ruled by co-emperor • Diocletian had absolute power • In 312 was in decline

  6. Poverty and unemployment • Farmers abandoned their land • High taxes • Farmland over cultivated • Lost its productivity • War and epidemic diseases swept the empire • Middle class sank to poverty • High taxes to support the army and the bureaucracy

  7. Declining moral values • Erosion of traditional values • upper class • Devoted itself to luxury and self-interest

  8. A. D. 476 – Roman Empire falls • Odoacer (oh doh AY suhr) • A Germanic leader • Ousted the emperor in Rome • Historians referred to that event as the “fall” of Rome

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