Ancient Rome Unit

Day Six

Rome’s Fall and Legacy

Christianity Forms

• Rome’s Pagan

Religion

– Divine emperors

– Required worship

– Judaism banned

Christianity Forms

• Jesus of Nazareth

– Messiah

– Miracles

– Forgiveness

– God cares more

about you than laws

– Enemy of the State

Christianity Forms

• Paul and Martyrs

– Romans feared Jesus

– Pilate orders

crucifixion

– Paul spreads

Christian ideas

– Martyrs are

remembered

Christianity Forms

• Roman Persecution

– Catacombs

– Property taken from

Christians

– Public executions

Christianity Forms

• Emperor Constantine

– Originally pagan

– Converts to

Christianity

– Spends government

money on church

needs

Rome’s Decline

• Trade and Inflation

– Invasions intensify

– Emperors spending

– Prices skyrocket

– Troops not paid

– Political indifference

Rome’s Decline

• Diocletian’s Reign

– Doubled army size

– Fixed prices

– Divided the empire

into eastern and

western parts

Rome’s Decline

• Constantinople

– Capital moved from

Rome by Constantine

Rome’s Decline

• Barbarian Invasions

– Visigoths and Huns

– Western empire

dissolves

– Eastern empire

remains wealthy for

centuries to come

Rome’s LegacyGovernment

• Courts

– Judges issue verdicts

and sentences in civil

and criminal trials

• Republic

– Elected

representatives

– Bicameral legislature

– Checks & Balances

Rome’s Legacy

Arts

• Arch and Dome

– Saves material

– Largest dome-

Pantheon

• Painting and Sculpture

– Mosaics and Frescoes

– Bas Reliefs sculpted

Rome’s LegacyCulture

• Large Spectator Sports

– Coliseum and Circus

Maximus

– Violent and cruel contests-

Gladiators

• Christianity

– Jesus’ ideas dominate

Western society to this day

• Julian Calendar

– Developed by J. Caesar

– Use of Roman words for

months and days

Rome’s Legacy

Technology

• Concrete

– 1st Massive structures

– Underwater piers

• Roads and Aqueducts

– Paved roads benefit

communication, trade,

and military

– Running water in cities-

cleanliness

Pages to have completed in

your packet before the test:

Homework (50

points possible)

Classwork (90

points possible)

5, 10, 13, 16,

20

2, 6*, 7, 11,

14, 17, 21, 24

(completing on

test day)

Today’s Assignment- Mankind the

Story of Us: Empires

STOP

Rome Unit Test/Packets due:

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