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Bellringer 1/28. Pages 318-320 1.Define plague, inflation, barter, and reform. 2. What did Diocletian do? What did Constantine do?. The Decline of Rome. Coach Crews World History. Weekly Schedule. Monday – Decline of Rome Tuesday – Rome Falls Wednesday – Rome’s Legacy
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Bellringer 1/28 Pages 318-320 1.Define plague, inflation, barter, and reform. 2. What did Diocletian do? What did Constantine do?
The Decline of Rome Coach Crews World History
Weekly Schedule Monday – Decline of Rome Tuesday – Rome Falls Wednesday – Rome’s Legacy Thursday – Byzantine Empire/Fall of Rome Quiz Friday – Byzantine Empire/Chapter Vocabulary Quiz
Web Diagram Political • Weak government • Army leaders fought each other for the throne • 22 different emperors • Leaders took bribes • Fewer Romans honored duty, honor, courage, and honesty • Talented people stopped participating in government
Web Diagram Social • Wealthy stopped paying taxes • Fewer people in schools • Large number of enslaved people • Wealthy people supported slavery in order to save money
Web Diagram Economic • Soldiers seized crops and destroyed fields • People bought fewer goods, driving up unemployment • Plague spread • Inflation (money lost value and prices went up) • Fewer taxes, less money for government • Less gold in coins = coins lost their value • Prices went up http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_LWQQrpSc4&safe=active
Web Diagram Military • Less money to pay soldiers and protect borders • Invaders swept the empire (east and west) • No money to pay soldiers, forced to use outside armies • Germanic soldiers were not loyal to Rome
Web Diagram Results • Diocletian (284) divides the empire • Introduced many reforms • These reforms failed because they were ignored by the citizens • Constantine (312) moved the capital to the Greek city of Byzantium • City became Constantinople (Istanbul)