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8/4/2019 Presentation - The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
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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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