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    The Declineand Fall ofthe RomanEmpire

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    Economic Troubles Decline begins after the

    pax romanain 3rd Century Invaders made trade

    unsafe on sea and on

    roads The rich spent gold and

    silver on luxury items fromAsia which drained Romeof these precious metals

    Rome began making coinswith less silver which

    caused inflation.

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    Economic Troubles Inflation is a drastic

    drop in the value ofmoney coupled withrising prices for items.

    Agriculture decreased

    because of infertilesoil, and farmland

    destroyed by war.

    Food shortages

    Spread of disease

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    Military Troubles Germanic tribes were

    invading Rome Soldiers no longer had

    discipline or loyalty to Rome.

    Soldiers had loyalty only totheir commanders, whofought not for Rome, but totry to become the emperor.

    To defend Rome,mercenaries were recruited

    foreign soldiers who fought

    for money.

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    Political Troubles Troubles in the empire

    made citizens losepatriotism for Rome

    Being a political official

    was no longer thought tobe an honor

    Few people wanted to

    serve in the government Out of 26 generals who

    became emperors, 25

    met violent deaths.

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    Temporary 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 sides

    East: Greek speaking West: Latin speaking

    He took over the East, but Civilwar broke out after his death

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    Constantine Took over the West

    part of the empire inA.D. 312

    Moved the capital to a

    strategic location inGreece in the East inByzantium and

    renamed itConstantinople

    He accepted

    Christianity

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    The 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 thefierce Huns

    Attila the Hun

    was a powerfulchieftainwho swept

    through the west

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    The West Falls Negotiated with Pope Leo

    I and withdrew He died in 453 and was

    no longer a threat

    Germanic tribescontinued to invade andfinally the west was nolonger Rome

    But the Eastern Romanempire will continue asthe Byzantine Empire thatwill preserve Greek andRoman heritage.

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THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

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The Decline & Fall OF The Roman Empire

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Unit 0 the roman empire and its decline

The Slow Decline of the Roman Empire

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Edward GIBBON's The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

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