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The fall of the roman empire

Chapter 6 Section 4. The fall of the roman empire. Vocab. Inflation Mercenary Diocletian Constantinople Attila. A Century of Crisis. Rome’s Economy Weakens (3 rd century AD) Outlying tribes and pirates disrupt trade

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The fall of the roman empire

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  1. Chapter 6 Section 4 The fall of the roman empire

  2. Vocab • Inflation • Mercenary • Diocletian • Constantinople • Attila

  3. A Century of Crisis • Rome’s Economy Weakens (3rd century AD) • Outlying tribes and pirates disrupt trade • Failure to continue expansion left Rome needing new source of gold and silver • Minted more money with same amount of silver, led to inflation. • Food shortages due to over worked and destroyed farm land

  4. A Century of Crisis • Military and Political Turmoil • Over time the Roman government resorted to recruiting mercenaries, to defend the empire • Made less than a Roman soldier, had little loyalty to the empire • Citizens of Rome lost their loyalty • At one time would give their lives for the republic, now are indifferent to the empire’s fate….

  5. Emperors Attempt Reform • Diocletian reforms: • Becomes Emperor in 284 AD • Strong ruler; limited personal freedoms and restored order to empire • Doubled size of Roman army; controlled inflation with fixed prices on goods • Claimed to be a direct descendent of the Gods

  6. Emperors Attempt Reform • Diocletian Reforms: • Split the Empire in two • Realizes the empire has become too large • Splits into the Greek and Latin speaking empires • Greek: Eastern(Greece, Anatolia, Syria,Egypt) • Latin: Western (Italy, Gaul, Britain, Spain) • Diocletian controls the East, much wealthier than the West • Diocletian retires in 305 AD.

  7. Emperors Attempt Reform • Constantine Moves the Capital: • Constantine gains control of the Western Empire in 312 AD • 324 he gains control of the Eastern Empire as well, restoring single rule to the empire • 330 he moves Rome’s capital to the Greek city of Byzantium • Sits on the Bosporus Strait, trade and defensive purposes

  8. Emperors Attempt Reform • Constantine Moves the Capital • Center of power in the empire shifted • New capital was surrounded with high walls • Took new name Constantinople

  9. The Western Empire Crumbles • Germanic Invasions • Germanic tribes have lived on Rome’s northern border in relative peace since the time of Julius Caesar • 370 AD Germanic tribes are pushing further and further into Gaul…..why????

  10. Western Empire Crumbles • Germanic Tribes • Group of Mongol nomads, the Huns, from central Asia came into the area and were destroying everything in their paths • Germanic tribes moved into Rome to get away from the Huns

  11. Western Empire Crumbles • Attila the Hun: • 444 AD Attlia, unites the Huns and launches an assault on Rome • He attacked both the Eastern and Western Empires, in the East he destroyed nearly 70 cities • Unable to conquer Rome itself due to famine and disease, Rome’s troubles did not end with his death in 453 AD

  12. Western Empire Crumbles • An Empire No More: • Rome’s last emperor was Romulus Augustus (14 yrs old) • 476 he was defeated by the Germanic tribes. • No other emperor would rule the Western Empire • However; the Eastern half which became known as the Byzantine Empire flourished for more than a 1,000 yrs after the fall of the west.

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