Download Was it the ____________of Barbarian invaders

A. WATCH THE VIDEO FILE, WITH SUBTITLES, AT LEAST TWICE
https://youtu.be/vWcf7jOr1gQ
and then do the following activities
1. FILL IN THE GAPS USING THE WORDS IN THE TAB
Was it the ____________of Barbarian invaders,
a clash of civilization, that Rome ultimately lost?
A mass immigration of non-Romans that couldn’t be _________?
Or was it internal conflict and endless _______wars
that weakened the _______, and the Empire?
Or maybe it was the economy.
High taxes, trade _______, waste of resources?
Or environmental _________, disease, depopulation?
Maybe it was a combination of all these things that led to a gradual ________;
a series of misfortunes which proved lethal in combination.
But the _______that Rome faced were not worse than those faced before.
Civil war, invasion, plague, famine, were nothing new.
But the one thing that had changed was the Roman moral fiber.
A continuing _______ in education and family structure.
State welfarism, escape through entertainment.
Loss of civic virtue, of patriotism, of military discipline.
What was left, was a people whom _________ the corruption of the rulers
nor the attacks of enemies, could _________of their apathy.
When Rome was sacked in _________, it was already a rotten system _______________.
“Civilizations die ______ suicide, not by ________”
MURDER
INTERNAL
SHAKE OUT
LED
AT ITS CORE
BREAKDOWN
410 AD
FROM
COLLAPSE
WAVES
ABSORBED
ARMY
-Arnold J.Toynbee
NEITHER
DEGRADATION
ENEMIES
DEFICIT
2. FIND THE ENGLISH WORDS IN THE TEXT THAT DERIVE FROM THE
FOLLOWING LATIN WORDS AND WRITE THEM
CIVIS
MILITIA
DEFICIO
STATUS
PATRIA
VIRTUS
FACIES
FORTUNA
3. PUT UNDER THE PICTURES THE CORRECT TOPICS
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The waves of Barbarian invaders
Internal conflict and endless civil wars
Escape through entertainment
Poor agricolture
Combination of different things that led to a gradual collapse
Plague and famine
High taxes
B. READ THE FOLLOWING TEXT AND ANSWER THE OPEN QUESTIONS
(the text was adapted by the original “The Germanic Tribes: Invasion in Rome”
http://study.com/academy/lesson/germanic-tribes-in-the-roman-empire-kinshiplaw-customs.html
As the Roman Empire became bigger and bigger, tribes from Germany began to
invade various areas.
The continuous attacks led to the break-up of the Empire.
Late in the fourth century CE, a violent group called the Huns attacked tribes that
lived on the borders of the Roman Empire, driving them inward.
Here are the more dominant Germanic tribes who invaded Rome :
The Visigoths
The Visigoths were a tribe of people from the southern part of Scandinavia.
They were the first Germanic tribe to settle in the Roman Empire.
They assimilated into Rome by adopting native cultural activities.
When the Visigoths were allowed to enter the Empire to escape the Huns, however,
they were unhappy with bad treatment received from imperial officials. They began
battling against Rome.
The Emperor Theodosius offered the Visigoths land and money to make peace.
When Theodosius died and the Empire was left to be split between his two sons,
things between the Romans and the Visigoths got worse.
The leader of the Visigoths was named Alaric. He was angry that his people were
required to provide military service to Rome and wanted to fight against them.
Alaric captured the city of Rome in 410. Alaric died soon after the capture of Rome
and the Visigoths moved to Southern France and Spain to settle.
The Ostrogoths
Ostrogoths were a group of people who settled in eastern parts of Europe.
The leader of the Ostrogoths was named Theodoric.
Theodoric had been a prisoner in Constantinople, the current capital of Rome, for a
decade. While in captivity, he learned a lot about the culture.
Theodoric invaded the Empire and took control of Northern Italy.
He ruled the area by allowing his people to follow gothic laws while Romans could
follow Roman law.
After Theodoric's death in 526, the Ostrogoths lost control in Rome and were driven
out. They moved north, settling above the Alps and did not seek control in Rome
afterwards.
The Vandals
While the Goths were invading and settling in Rome, another Germanic tribe was also
attempting to take control of the Empire.
The Vandals were a Germanic tribe that had a habit of looting the cities they invaded.
The Vandals first settled in areas of Spain until they were pushed out by the
Visigoths. They then expanded to gain control over areas in North Africa.
In 455, they became powerful enough to take over Rome.
The Franks
Both the Visigoths and Ostrogoths later fell into obscurity.
Other groups, like the Franks and the Saxons, hold a stronger place in history.
The Franks were originally from the area between the North Sea and upper Rhine
River in Germany. They expanded into France in the fifth century.
The Frankish leader Clovis converted to Catholicism and began battling against pagan
barbarian tribes.
Questions :
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Who was Theodoric?
Which people fought both witu and against the Romans?
What happened in 410 AD?
Which people had driven inward Germanic tribes?
●Now search in the internet a map of Roman Barbarian Reigns and find the places
where Germanic tribes you have known in the above text finally settled.