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Warm Up: Describe the daily activities in a Roman City.

Thursday, October 23, 2014. Fall of Rome #42 * Roman Eulogy Due Wed. 10/26 *Test and Notebook Check Tues. 10/25 *Vocab Due Tomorrow. Warm Up: Describe the daily activities in a Roman City. Have Chapter 6.4 Reading question out. (back of City Map). Pax Romana.

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Warm Up: Describe the daily activities in a Roman City.

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  1. Thursday, October 23, 2014 Fall of Rome #42*Roman Eulogy Due Wed. 10/26*Test and Notebook Check Tues. 10/25*Vocab Due Tomorrow Warm Up: Describe the daily activities in a Roman City. Have Chapter 6.4 Reading question out. (back of City Map)

  2. Pax Romana From 30 B.C. until A.D. 180 Rome enjoyed a period of peace and prosperity. This time period is referred to by historians as the Pax Romana, or Roman Peace. This 200 year period of peace and stability allowed the Roman Empire to achieve new heights in technology, agriculture, science, and the arts. The Roman Empire was a very civilized place during this time, and life was generally comfortable, and good.

  3. Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire After 200 years of Pax Romana, Rome fell into a long slow period of decline. Instead of focusing on protecting their borders, Roman armies began fighting against one another. As a result, many outside invaders were able to enter Rome, and cause great destruction. These invaders included the Visigoths, the Huns, the Germans, the Persians, the Slavs, and the Avars. 

  4. Reasons for the Decline of the Roman Empire Economic Decay • Barbarian disruption of trade • No plunder • Drain of gold and silver (on luxuries and military) • Inflation caused by over coinage • Over farming of soil • Slavery and the loss of work ethic

  5. Reasons for the Decline of the Roman Empire • Political Decay • Indifference to politics and government • Inability to collect taxes • Military shenanigans (take over, assassination cycle) • No confidence  Tax collection Taking over farmland

  6. Reasons for the Decline of the Roman Empire • Military Decay • Military pressure from a growing world • Split loyalty of Barbarian troops • Lack of patriotism of soldiers (fight for $)

  7. Roman Decline. 180 – 476 C.E. (Highlights) • Diocletian (284 –305) • Strong leader who temporarily stopped the decline. • Split Empire in two – created two capitals • -western: Latin-speaking Rome • -eastern: Greek-speaking (Byzantium) Constantinople Diocletian’s Palace

  8. Constantine moves capital of Empire to Byzantium because: • Crossroads of trade • Easy to defend • Christian city • Richer half of the Empire Renamed the city Constantinople

  9. Edict of Milan Constantine did not actually become a Christian, although it is claimed that he was baptized on his deathbed. He ended persecution of Christians in the empire with the Edict of Milan, which declared that the empire would be neutral regarding religion. The Edict also restored confiscated property to churches and individual Christians. Edict: A law issued by a monarch

  10. FALL OF THE WESTERN ROMAN EMPIRE 476 CE Germanic Invasions • Germanic tribes flee Huns, enter Roman lands, sack Rome A.D. 410 Attila the Hun • Attila—unites the Huns in A.D. 444; plunders 70 cities in East • Attacks Rome in 452; famine and disease prevents victory An Empire No More • Last Roman emperor falls to Germans in 476; end of Western Empire • East thrives for another thousand years (Byzantine Empire) NEXT

  11. FALL OF THE WESTERN ROMAN EMPIRE 476 CE EASTERN EMPIRE CONTINUES FOR ANOTHER 1000 YEARS

  12. Who Would stop the Fall? • Group Save It Let It Go • Army • Government Leadership • Patrician in countryside • Average Roman Farmer • Romans of Foreign Origin • New Barbarian Immigrants • Romans in cities • Christians

  13. LEGACY OF ROME Conquest • Slavery • Brutality • Plunder

  14. Military Skills • Professional soldiers • Military Tactics • Order and Organization

  15. Law • Individual Rights • Due Process • Court System

  16. Government Republic Citizenship Pax Romana

  17. Latin Language • Italian • French • Spanish • Portuguese

  18. Architecture • Concrete • Water management • Roads

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