the decline and fall of the roman empire…well, of part of it anyways
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The Decline The Decline and Fall of and Fall of the Roman the Roman Empire…Empire…
well, of part well, of part of it of it
anywaysanyways
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Learning Objectives:• Describe and discuss at least two (2) reasons the
Roman Empire fell in the 5th century A.D.
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Background Information: Pax
Romana (Roman Peace)
What happens to Rome two hundred years later?
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Big Picture Categories:
• Military• Politics• Economic/Social
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Military TroublesMilitary Troubles• Germanic tribes were
invading Rome• Soldiers no longer had
discipline or loyalty to Rome.
• Soldiers had loyalty only to their commanders, who fought not for Rome, but to try to become the emperor.
• To defend Rome, mercenaries were recruited – foreign soldiers who fought for money.
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Political TroublesPolitical Troubles• Troubles in the empire made
citizens lose patriotism for Rome
• Being a political official was no longer thought to be an honor
• Few people wanted to serve in the government
• Out of 26 generals who became emperors, 25 met violent deaths. (there was no set law for succession)
• Praetorian Guard (emperors private army) often chose next ruler)
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Economic TroublesEconomic Troubles• Decline begins after the
pax romana in 3rd Century• Invaders made trade
unsafe on sea and on roads
• The rich spent gold and silver on luxury items from Asia which drained Rome of these precious metals
• Rome began making coins with less silver which caused inflation.
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Economic Economic TroublesTroubles
• Inflation is a drastic drop in the value of money coupled with rising prices for items.
• Agriculture decreased because of infertile soil, and farmland destroyed by war.
• Food shortages• Spread of disease• Heavy dependence on
slaves meant big farms out-competed small farmers, led to unemployement
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Temporary HelpTemporary Help• Diocletian in A.D. 284
became a strong leader • He doubled the Roman
armies and hired German mercenaries
• Persecuted Christians• He divided the Roman
empire into 2 sidesoEast: Greek speakingoWest: Latin speaking
• He took over the East, but Civil war broke out after his death
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The West FallsThe West Falls• The west faced worse problems than the east that was far
from invaders• From A.D. 376 to 476, huge numbers of Germanic tribes
poured into Rome to get away from the fierce Huns
• Attila the Hun was a powerful chieftain who swept through the west
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ConstantineConstantine• Took over the West part of
the empire in A.D. 312• Moved the capital to a
strategic location in Greece in the East in Byzantium and renamed it Constantinople
• He accepted Christianity
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The West FallsThe West Falls• Attila negotiated with Pope
Leo I and withdrew• He died in 453 and was no
longer a threat• Germanic tribes continued to
invade and finally the west was no longer Rome
• But the Eastern Roman empire will continue as the Byzantine Empire that will preserve Greek and Roman heritage.
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Exit Ticket• Why did Rome fall? Describe at least two reasons,
but more if you would like to. In addition, choose the reason or reasons you feel were the greatest contributions to the fall of Rome.
Ex. In the 5th century A.D., Rome fell
because_____________ and ___________. While there were other reasons Rome fell, these had the two greatest impacts because_________________.