Download Barker 8th Grade 2 Fall of the Roman Empire

Fall of the Roman Empire
Reasons for the Fall
I.
First great history book was _______________________________ written by
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a. Claimed the reason Rome fell was because of _____________________________
b. Main argument:
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II.
Other Arguments why Rome fell
a. Slavery
i. _________________________________________________________________
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b. Invasion
i. _________________________________________________________________
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c. Corruption
i. _________________________________________________________________
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d. Invasion
i. _________________________________________________________________
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e. Insanity
i. _________________________________________________________________
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Problems facing Empire
I.
Death of Commodus
a. Commodus wastes Roman money on
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b. Killed by his ___________________________ who was hired by
___________________________
c. Left Empire facing many problems
II.
Civil War
a. After Commodus’ death, Rome ruled by a series of _______________________
i. Definition:
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b. Rome Experiences __________________ Emperors in _______________ years
c. Left __________________ in the Roman borders as generals fought one another
III.
Size
a. Roman Emperor had become too large to rule from a single city
b. Problems with corrupt or rebellious ___________________________
c. Unable to ________________________________________________
d. Civil wars left Rome with ___________________________________
IV.
The Money
a. Too much of the coinage was being ___________________
i. Definition:
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ii. Allowed Rome to ______________________________ but drastically
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iii. Allowed barracks emperors to quickly _______________________________
V.
Barbarians
a. Tribes from _______________ and _____________________ invading Roman territory
b. Military too weak to stop it
Attempts at Reform
I.
Emperor Diocletian
a. Assumed control after halting barbarian invasion at the battle of ___________________
b. Attempted to solve 2 problems simultaneously
i. ___________________
ii. ___________________
c. Made his assistant __________________ into a ____________________________
d. Gave him control of _______________________ and moved his capital to
_______________________ in ________________________________
e. Divided military into a ______________________
i. Definition:
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f.
Great Persecution
i. Diocletian targeted ____________________ to be tortured or killed
ii. Feared them because ___________________________________
iii. Blamed ______________________________on Christians
iv. Burned ______________________________________
v. Punishments were so harsh that
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Emperor Constantine
I.
Constantine takes over after Diocletian _____________________________________
a. Definition:
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b. Oldest of Diocletian’s sons
II.
Finalized Diocletian’s reforms by ___________________________________________
a. Takes control of Byzantium and renames it _______________________________
b. Gives control of Rome to ____________________________________
III.
Why Constantinople?
a. Strategic: __________________________________________________________
b. Wealthy: __________________________________________________________
c. Safe: __________________________________________________________________
IV.
Constantine’s conversion
V.
313, Edict of Milan: Constantine declares that Christians can follow faith without fear of
_________________________________
VI.
Constantine then ___________________________________
a. Claims he saw __________________________________________
b. Real reason more likely his _______________________________________________
VII.
Council of Nicea
a. Problem:
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b. Constantine calls church leaders to Nicea:
i. Leaders decide on a single ____________________________
ii. Declares all other writings _____________________________
iii. Breaks Christianity from Jewish traditions such as _______________________
iv. Declares _______________________________ to be leader of Church
VIII.
Military Collapse
a. Much of Roman military moved to _______________________________b. Rome left to hire ____________________________
i. Definition:
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The Barbarians
I.
Barbarian comes from the _____________________ language
a. Means:
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b. To the Romans, Barbarian meant:
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II.
The Huns
a. Originally come from _________________________________
b. United by a war chief called a __________________________
i. Greatest of these was _________________________
c. The Huns were the masters of the ______________________
d. They were masters of the _____________________________
i. Developed ___________________ which allowed them to
______________________________________________________________
e. Typically Huns would ride into battle with ___________________________________
i. Switch mid-battle when they ran out of arrows or spears
f.
By _______________ the Huns had devastated
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g. Threatened Empire because
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_
h. Huns eventually collapse into __________________________ between
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III.
The Goths
a. ____________________ tribes from _________________________________
b. Several different tribes that included the __________________________, the
_____________________________ and the _______________________________
c. Pushed out of territory by the _________________________
d. Invaded Roman Territory
i. Took control of ______________________ and _________________________
IV.
The Franks
a. Group of Germanic tribes that invaded ________________________
b. Take territory without a fight
c. Rome acknowledges Frankish Kingdom in ________________________
d. Franks build ______________________ to protect their territory
The Sack of Rome
I.
Last Emperor of the Western Roman Empire was ______________________________
II.
Placed on the throne by his _____________________________
III.
Rome invaded by ________________ led by ___________________ in
__________________
IV.
Last Emperor replaced by ______________ who declares himself __________________