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The Transition from Fall of
Rome to Middle Ages
By: Matt Pierson and C.J. Penhaligen
Background of the Roman Empire
 The Roman Empire dominated western Europe for 1200
years
 Believed in Roman Gods at the beginning of its existence
until 312 A.D. when Christianity was accepted
 Romulus Augustus was the last emperor of the Roman
Empire
Fall of Rome
 Refers to the sacking of the Roman capital in 476 A.D.
 Defining moment in western Europe history
 On September 4, 476, Odoacer, a Germanic chief,
successfully captured the emperor in the West, Romulus
Augustus
What came after?
 Odoacer now believed that he was Emperor of
the entire empire
 Zeno was the eastern emperor
 Zeno granted Odoacer the position of Patrician
and Julius Neppos was ordered to become the
western emperor again
 Later Theodoric the Great, the King of the
Ostrogoths, became the representative of the
emperor of the East
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General Information on the
Germanic Tribes
 During the decline of the
Roman empire, Germanic
tribes took over land that was
once ruled by the Roman
empire
 They spread their culture all
around the world
 Known also for their great
warfare
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Visigoths
 Were the first to penetrate the empire’s frontiers
 Originally lived in Scandinavia but then spilt into two separate
groups and the other group, the Ostrogoths, still remained in
Russia
 Started to enjoy roman culture later
 Later rebelled against the roman empire due to the treatment
they received
The Huns
 Established in the plains of Hungary
 Romans and Germans were scared because
they were savages, they thought that the
Huns only believed in plunder and bloodshed
 The Visigoths and Romans defeated Attila the
Hun and his army in 451 A.D. at the battle of
Chalons
 Their disappearance open doors to several
other Germanic tribes such as the
Ostrogoths, the Franks, and the AngloSaxons
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The Vandals
 Before the goths sacked the capitol of the
Roman empire the Vandals pushed into the
empire
 They settled in Spain for a while before
being forced to leave by the Visigoths
 Conquered a rich providence in North
Africa
 They created a naval fleet and in 455
sacked Rome and brought all their riches to
their new capital which was in Carthage
 They were later easy to attack by the
armies of the East Roman Emperor
Justinian in 533
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The Ostrogoths
 Ostrogoths moved toward northern Italy after
gaining independence from Hun control
 Intermarriage with Goths and Romans was
prohibited
 Theodoric was the most talented leaders of all the
Germanic tribes
 Allowed other religions
 Theodoric showed great concern for Roman culture
by rebuilding and resorting monuments
 Theodoric died in 526 his successors were weak,
they were driven into the alps and disappeared
from history
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The Franks
 Had a powerful king named
Clovis(481-511)
 Defeated Visigoths and the
Burgundians and controlled France
 Converted to catholicism
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 Fought with the the Frankish armies
against the other non-Catholic
barbarians
 Intermarriage was permitted
 Change languages from Latin to
French
The Anglo-Saxons
 Anglo-Saxons lived on a light chalky soil on the hilltops
 Lived in and originated in England
 Ignored roman law but followed a wholly Germanic tribal
system of government
 Converted to Catholicism by St. Augustine’s mission
 Life was dangerous and dull
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