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Warm up

Warm up. Copy HW Please grab a graphic organizer from the front desk Make it page 30. Essential Questions. The Decline of the Roman Empire. Government. Leaders fought each other Many leaders took bribes Talented people refused to be part of the corrupt government’

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Warm up

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  1. Warm up Copy HW Please grab a graphic organizer from the front desk Make it page 30

  2. Essential Questions

  3. The Decline of the Roman Empire

  4. Government Leaders fought each other Many leaders took bribes Talented people refused to be part of the corrupt government’ Law and order broke down

  5. Social Issues The plague killed 1/10 people Famine slavery Few Romans honored the old ideals of –duty, honor and courage

  6. Economic Problems Many rich stopped paying their taxes Soldiers seized farms People couldn’t afford to buy goods Inflation-money loses value Many people began to barter

  7. Military problems Many workers who lost their jobs joined the military Fighting in the Empire increased and government couldn’t pay its soldiers Empire was to large to defend

  8. The Roman Empire Divides Diocletian-emperor who tried various reforms (political changes) Divided the empire into 4 parts Set prices and wages People must have the same job until they died-stability People ignored the rules Constantine- people must keep the same career as their father Changed capital of the empire to Byzantium (Constantinople) First emperor to endorse Christianity

  9. The Empire Divides WEST EAST Rome Roman Catholic Church Falls by 476 A.D. Constantinople-“New Rome” Greek Orthodox Church Lots of Trade-$ Great Location Influenced by Greek ideas Accomplishments of…Emperor Justinian and his wife Theodora more land -women’s rights -Justinian Code of laws passed on Greek/ Roman ideas

  10. Invasions Who -Germanic tribes (Visigoths, Huns, Vandals) Why- Better weather, grazing lands, Money, culture Where- From the North eventually attacked Rome When-Visigoths-410 A.D. Vandals-455 A.D. What- First time Rome was conquered in 800 years Romulus Augustus was Rome’s last emperor

  11. Invasions Of Rome

  12. Closure Please list one social political, economic and military reason for the fall of the Roman Empire Name the capitals of the Eastern and Western Roman Empire Please name one group that invaded Rome

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