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The Fall oaf the Roman Empire
Section'4
Determining Main Ide~
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Choose the word that most accurately cOmpletes each sentence below. Write that word
in the blank provided.,
Constantine
Turkey
Romulus Augustulus
Persians
legions
Byzantium
,,' ,Attila
East'
inflatiOIl
ByZantine
Constantinople
West
mercenaries
Huns
Egypt
Pax Romana
North
Diocletian
L The end of the reign of Marcus Aurelius marked the end of two centuries of peace and prosperity
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as the
2.
; a drasticdiop in the value of money coupled Witha rise in prices, helped
weal<:enthe Ro~an Empire.
3. Roman soldiers had become less loyal, sothe government was forced to hire
to
defend the empire.
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gained control of t~e western part Of the empire in A.D. 312 and eventually
secured control of the East a~well.
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,6. Under Constantine, 'the capital of the empire was moved from Rome to -------,il.lwhaf.
is now
9. Mongol nomads, the
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' ,attacked the' Germanic peoples on the northern borders of
the empire, who in turn pushed into Roman lands and Rome itself.