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Section 5: Decline & Fall

Section 5: Decline & Fall. Targets. Explain why the Roman Empire gained a new lease on life under Diocletian and Constantine. Analyze how ferocious warriors from Asia and Germany finally brought an end to the Roman Empire. 180 A.D. a period of conflict & confusion. I. The Decline.

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Section 5: Decline & Fall

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  1. Section 5: Decline & Fall

  2. Targets • Explain why the Roman Empire gained a new lease on life under Diocletian and Constantine. • Analyze how ferocious warriors from Asia and Germany finally brought an end to the Roman Empire.

  3. 180 A.D. a period of conflict & confusion I. The Decline

  4. From 235 to 284, 22 emperors occupied the Roman throne 20 of these emperors met violent death Series of invasions Political Upheavals

  5. Invasions, civil wars & plague caused an economic collapse of the Roman Empire Decline in trade & small industry labor shortage Economic & Military Problems

  6. Plague (epidemic disease) affected both military & economy Farm production declined Financial strains made it difficult to pay soldiers Economic & Military Problems

  7. End of 3rd century & beginning of 4th two emperors helped the Empire New governmental structure, rigid economic & social system & new state religion, Christianity II. The Reforms of Diocletian & Constantine

  8. Diocletian divided the empire into four units Both rulers strengthened & enlarged the administrative bureaucracies The Reforms of Diocletian & Constantine

  9. Political & military reforms greatly enlarged the army & civil service inflation - a rapid increase in prices The Reforms of Diocletian & Constantine

  10. Constantine constructed a new capital city in the east, the Greek city of Byzantium renamed it Constantinople Called it his “New Rome” built large palaces & forum The Reforms of Diocletian & Constantine

  11. Temporally successful, such policies in the long run stifled the very vitality the Late Empire needed to revive its sagging fortunes The Reforms of Diocletian & Constantine

  12. Capital of the Western Roman Empire remained Rome Constantinople remained the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire Pressure from invading Germanic tribes III. The Fall

  13. Maps and Charts 4

  14. The Germanic Visigoths, crossed the Danube River 378 Visigoths defeated the Romans in 410, the Visigoths sacked Rome Vandals poured into Spain The Fall

  15. Maps and Charts 4

  16. 455 the Vandals, sacked Rome 476 the western emperor was disposed The Eastern Empire or Byzantine Empire continued to thrive The Fall

  17. Christianity’s spiritual kingdom weakened Roman military virtues Traditional Roman values declined, as non-Italians gained prominence IV. Why did Rome Fall

  18. Lead poisoning in leaden water pipes caused mental decline Plague wiped out 1/10 of the population Failed to advance technology because of slavery Why did Rome Fall

  19. Unable to put together a workable political system Why did Rome Fall

  20. Analyzing Maps and Charts

  21. Augustus Marcus Aurelius almost a hundred years

  22. the Western Empire the Eastern Empire Byzantium Illyricum

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