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Rome's empire declined and fell.

• In A.D. 476 a barbarian king took over the rule of Rome.
• First, there was a long time of turmoil known b y historians as the "crisis of the third century." During these years, the empire was beset by economic, military, and political problems. Second, there was a time of revival, during which the empire was divided into two parts, an eastern half and a western half. Third, the western half of the empire fell to invaders.

Crises weakened the empire.

• Trade was disrupted by barbarian raids and by bands of pirates on Mediterranean sea lanes.
• Trade was disrupted by barbarian raids and by bands of pirates on Mediterranean sea lanes. Rome's gold and silver were drained away to buy luxuries from China, India, and Arabia, including spices, perfumes, rubies, pearls, and silk. Rome's small industries produced only wine, cheese, and glass.
• Desperate to pay its mounting expenses, the Roman government started minting coins that contained less and less silver.
• An increase in prices is called inflation.

Military decay

• Throughout the third century, tribes of northern barbarians called Goths repeatedly overran the legions guarding the Danube frontier.
• Roman soldiers now fought strictly for money, not for patriotism.
• The loyalty of barbarian troops to the empire could hardly be trusted.

Political Decay

• Rome continued to require each tax district to send in a certain amount. If the local tax collector could not gather up that much, he had to pay the difference himself. 

Today in class we went over our Rome test. We spent the last 10 minutes of class talking. Good day good day

Define

Inflation- is an increase in prices.

Identify

(b) Diocletian- strong military leader, one of Rome's greatest emperor, increased Rome's strength, son of a slave.

(c)Constantine- one of the greatest emperors of Rome, controlled the eastern and western, and ended the persecutions of Christians.

(d) eastern empire- much more wealthy, the location of Byzantium, known as the Byzantium empire, much more prosperous half.

(e)western empire- Latin speaking, more rural.

(h) Constantinople-  the city of Constantine

(j) Huns- nomadic people from Asia.

(m)Attila- leader of the Huns, after the empire to conquer it but he failed.

(n) Leo I- the first real pope of Rome

Answers

1. What economic problems did the empire face in the third century?

They had poor harvests, disruption of trade, no more plunder from wars, gold and silver drain inflation, and crushing tax burdens.

2. By the third century how had Rome's army changed since the days of the republic?

They only fought in the military to get money, not for patriotism.

3. What important religious change did Constantine bring about in the empire?

 (A) He announced an end to the persecution of Christians. Christianity became a religion approved by the emperor. In 395, the emperor Theodosius made Christianity the empire's official religion.

(B) Constantine won control of the eastern as well as the western empire. In A.D. 330 he took a momentous step by moving the capital of Rome to the Greek city of Byzantium in what is now Turkey.

4. Why did Germanic tribes invade the empire in the 400's? Why was the empire unable to drive them out?

(A) They were trying to avoid the Huns who kept moving westward, and so did tribes so they could stay away from the Huns.

(B) They're army was very weak now and so disorganized that they could not muster even a medium-sized army to stop the barbarians.

Critical Thinking

5. List three reasons why Diocletian should be considered a successful emperor. List three reasons why he might be considered a failure.

(A) He made the empire much more stronger, divided the empire, and he was ranked one of greatest emperors.

(B) Not all reforms were successful, failure of price controls, and wages for new troops added to the taxes which were already high.

5/24/11

Today in class different classmates went over our essays. Elena went over mine. I changed the title, I put two spaces after a period, and I double spaced my report. I think that I did very well on my essay. I revised everything; spelling, format, etc. It should be interesting to see everyone else's essay.

today in class we had a sub. she seemed nice. we worked on our essay

today in class we took a test and than we went over our 500 word paper that is due this up coming Tuesday