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5.5 After the 200 years of peace known as the Pax Romana, Rome was caught in political and economic turmoil. High taxes and government corruption angered the lower classes. Emperors fought amongst themselves and also against generals for power. IN 284 A.D. the Emperor Diocletian attempted to reestablish order in the Roman Empire. He divided the empire into 2 parts. The Western province was given to Maximian to rule as co-emperor. The richer eastern portion was governed by Diocletian. Inflation, the rapid rise of prices, was slowed by assigning fixed prices to certain goods and services. Constantine Continued with Diocletian’s reforms while making some changes of his own. Made Christianity the official religion of the empire and moved the empire’s capital to Constantinople. Nomads from Asia called Huns drove Germanic tribes into Roman territory. Attila the Hun was called the “Scourge of God” by Christians because they saw him as punishment from God for their sins. Weakened by internal and external problems, the Roman Empire gave away some of their lands to invaders. Roman legions were weak, undisciplined, and sparse. The Roman government hired foreign soldiers, mercenaries, to supplement their diminished army. The Roman Empire fell in 476 A.D. Germanic invaders from the north captured Rome and drove out the emperor