The Decline of the Roman Empire. I.By 300 A.D., the Roman Empire faced many problems that would...

The Decline of The Decline of the Roman the Roman

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I.I. By 300 A.D., the Roman By 300 A.D., the Roman Empire faced many Empire faced many problems that would problems that would eventually result in its eventually result in its downfall. These downfall. These problems can be problems can be summarized in 3 main summarized in 3 main categories: categories:

II.II. The Roman Empire SplitsThe Roman Empire Splits: : Eastern and Western Roman Eastern and Western Roman EmpireEmpire

A. A. DiocletianDiocletian—284 A.D. —284 A.D. restored order to the restored order to the empire and the emperor, empire and the emperor, slowing down its decline slowing down its decline

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1. Diocletian believed the 1. Diocletian believed the empire had grown to large empire had grown to large for one ruler for one ruler

2. He divided the empire into 2. He divided the empire into the Greek speaking East the Greek speaking East and the Latin speaking and the Latin speaking WestWest

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DIOCLETIANDIOCLETIAN GENERAL GENERAL MAXIMANMAXIMAN

EASTERN ROMAN WESTERN EASTERN ROMAN WESTERN ROMAN ROMAN EMPIRE EMPIRE EMPIRE EMPIRE

B. After Diocletian’s death, B. After Diocletian’s death, civil war broke outcivil war broke out

III.III. Constantine—emerges as Constantine—emerges as emperor 312 A.D.emperor 312 A.D.

A. By 324 A.D., A. By 324 A.D.,

Constantine had Constantine had gained control of gained control of

both both east and east and west and west and restored the empire restored the empire

to a single ruler to a single ruler

b. Constantine moved the b. Constantine moved the capital of empire from capital of empire from Rome to Greek city of Rome to Greek city of ByzantiumByzantium

c. Constantinople—c. Constantinople—strategically located for strategically located for trade and defense trade and defense between the East and between the East and WestWest

d. After Constantine dies, the d. After Constantine dies, the empire splits again.empire splits again.

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VI.VI. Germanic InvadersGermanic Invaders——Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Franks, Angles, Saxons, Franks, Angles, Saxons, Burgundians, Alemanni Burgundians, Alemanni and Vandal poured into the and Vandal poured into the Roman Roman Empire to Empire to escape the Hunsescape the Huns

1. Huns--fierce nomadic 1. Huns--fierce nomadic Mongol tribe from Central Mongol tribe from Central Asia Asia

2. Attila the 2. Attila the Hun(444 Hun(444 A.D.)—A.D.)—Attila and Attila and his army his army invaded invaded the Eastern the Eastern and and Western Western Empire, Empire, plundering plundering 70 cities70 cities

3. The Huns and other tribes 3. The Huns and other tribes invaded and destroyed the invaded and destroyed the Western EmpireWestern Empire

V. Byzantine Empire=Eastern V. Byzantine Empire=Eastern EmpireEmpirea. Survives and flourishesa. Survives and flourishesb. Preserves Greek and b. Preserves Greek and Roman Roman culture for 1,000 years culture for 1,000 years

Fall of the Fall of the Roman EmpireRoman Empire

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Fall of the Fall of the Roman EmpireRoman Empire

476 A.D.476 A.D.

Germanic invader, Germanic invader, Odoacer Odoacer

kicked out last kicked out last Western Roman Western Roman

Emperor Emperor Romulus AugustulusRomulus Augustulus

Causes for the Decline of the Roman Empire

Military Causes Economic Causes Political Causes

Evaluate the data in the chart above. In your opinion, what do you think was the greatest cause of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire? Why? Defend your answer with facts from your notes. [10 pts.] ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

BureaucracyBureaucracy – government – government workersworkers

MercenaryMercenary – Soldiers for hire – Soldiers for hire

Roman Empire Timeline

0 100 200 300 400

1. Create a timeline labeling all of the key dates we have discussed so far in class.2. Start with the assassination of Julius Caesar and end with the official fall of the R. Empire.3. You must have 13 events with the appropriate date. [1 pt. each]4. Choose 7 dates and draw a picture that accurately represents the event. [1 pt. each]

●●Increase in Increase in taxes to taxes to support army support army and and bureaucracybureaucracy●______________ ●______________ ______________ ______________●No longer ●No longer receiving war receiving war booty from booty from conquered conquered territories territories ●●Romans no longer cared Romans no longer cared

about maintaining Empire about maintaining Empire●Population decline ●Population decline caused by caused by war and disease war and disease●_______________________●_______________________

●●Corruption in governmentCorruption in government●People no longer ●People no longer supported supported corrupt government corrupt government●Division of the Empire ●Division of the Empire into into East and West East and West

●●____________ ____________ ____________ ____________●Little loyalty ●Little loyalty from from mercenary mercenary soldiers soldiers●Attila the ●Attila the Huns Huns invade invade●Germanic ●Germanic tribes tribes sweep in-to sweep in-to Empire to Empire to escape ______ escape ______


about maintaining Empire about maintaining Empire●Population decline ●Population decline caused by caused by war and disease war and disease●_______________________●_______________________


●●Poorly Poorly trained trained armiesarmies●Little loyalty ●Little loyalty from from mercenary mercenary soldiers soldiers●Attila the ●Attila the Huns Huns invade invade●Germanic ●Germanic tribes tribes sweep in-to sweep in-to Empire to Empire to escape Huns escape Huns


about maintaining Empire about maintaining Empire●Population decline ●Population decline caused by caused by war and disease war and disease●Upper class corruption●Upper class corruption


●●Poorly Poorly trained trained armiesarmies●Little loyalty ●Little loyalty from from mercenary mercenary soldiers soldiers●Attila the ●Attila the Huns Huns invade invade●Germanic ●Germanic tribes tribes sweep in-to sweep in-to Empire to Empire to escape Huns escape Huns

●●Increase in Increase in taxes to taxes to support army support army and and bureaucracybureaucracy●Reliance on ●Reliance on slave slave labor labor●No longer ●No longer receiving war receiving war booty from booty from conquered conquered territories territories

●●Romans no longer cared Romans no longer cared about maintaining Empire about maintaining Empire●Population decline ●Population decline caused by caused by war and disease war and disease●Upper class corruption●Upper class corruption


●●Poorly Poorly trained trained armiesarmies●Little loyalty ●Little loyalty from from mercenary mercenary soldiers soldiers●Attila the ●Attila the Huns Huns invade invade●Germanic ●Germanic tribes tribes sweep into sweep into Empire to Empire to escape Huns escape Huns

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