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Agenda. Attendance Notes/Lecture Worksheet Finish incomplete work Invitation : G uided Study /After School. Fall of Roman Empire. 3 rd century AD. Rome had many problems inside Rome from outside Rome Rulers try reforms. Economy. Trade disrupted Hostile tribes Pirates
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Agenda • Attendance • Notes/Lecture • Worksheet • Finish incomplete work • Invitation: Guided Study/After School
Fall of Roman Empire • 3rd century AD. • Rome had many problems • inside Rome • from outside Rome • Rulers try reforms
Economy • Trade disrupted • Hostile tribes • Pirates • No source for new gold/silver • Raised taxes • Made coins with less silver • Inflation
Military and Political • Soldiers • Less disciplined • Loyalty to commander/not Rome • Mercenaries • Lower pay than Roman Soldiers • Little Loyalty • Citizens • Less loyal too
Reforms • Diocletian • Became emperor 284 AD • Strict ruler/reforms • Restored order • Divided empire into East (Greek) and West (Latin) • He keeps overall control, but shares power in West • He keeps East
Constantine • Controls Empire • West 312 AD • East 324 AD • Moved capital to Byzantium • Power shifts from West to East • Later named Constantinople
Western Empire Crumbles • Germanic Invasions • The Huns • Came from Asia • Destroyed everything in their path • Germanic people ran to Roman lands • Western Empire couldn’t fight off • 410 AD overran Western Empire • 3 days
Western Empire Crumbles • Attila the Hun • unites the Huns • 100,000 soldiers • Terrorizes both East/West Empires • 70 cities plundered in East -- Constantinople survives • Advanced on Rome in 452 AD • Didn’t conquer –Famine - Disease
Eastern Empire Remains Byzantine Empire Lasts 1000 years Preserved Greek and Roman Culture Heirs to Augustus Caesar Falls to Ottoman Turks in 1453