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Bellringer April 4, 2012

Bellringer April 4, 2012. Take your Chapter 9 Notes Guide Take out something to write with Put the rest of your materials in/under your desk. Chapter 9, Section 2: The Fall of Rome. Objectives. Today we will be learning the fall of Rome!. Decline of Rome. A.D. 180

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Bellringer April 4, 2012

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  1. Bellringer April 4, 2012 Take your Chapter 9 Notes Guide Take out something to write with Put the rest of your materials in/under your desk

  2. Chapter 9, Section 2:The Fall of Rome

  3. Objectives Today we will be learning the fall of Rome!

  4. Decline of Rome • A.D. 180 • *Marcus Aurelius died & his son, Commodus, ruled next. • *Commodus was cruel & wasteful. • *He was killed by his bodyguard. • Severans • *After Commodus, emperors called the severans ruled Rome. • *The Severans paid the army well, but ignored problems like crime and poverty.

  5. Political & Social Problems • When the last Severan emperor died Roman army leaders fought one another for power. • *Rome had 22 different emperors during these troubled times of fighting. • *Roman gov’t officials took bribes.

  6. Political & Social Problems • *Talented ppl refused to serve in gov’t. • *Many wealthy ppl stopped paying taxes • *People stopped going to school. • *Wealthy Romans used cheap slave labor to get work done.

  7. Economic & Military Problems • *In A.D. 200s, the gov’t weakened, law & order broke down. • *Soldiers seized crops & destroyed fields - so the farmers grew less food. • *People began to die of hunger. • *Artisans produced less & shopkeepers lost $.

  8. Economic & Military Problems • *A plague (disease that spreads & kills many people) killed 1out of 10 ppl in the empire. • *Rome suffered from inflation (rapidly increasing prices). • *To save $ Romans started putting less gold in coins & the coins lost their value. • *People stopped using $ & started bartering (exchanging goods w/o using $).

  9. Economic & Military Problems • *Germanic tribes swept in from the west & raided farms and towns. • *In the east, Persian armies pushed into the empire’s territory. • *Romans started using Germanic warriors to fight for them.

  10. Diocletian’s Reform • *A.D. 284 Diocletian b/c emperor. He introduced reforms to make things better. • *He divided it into 4 parts & named officials to rule these areas under him. • *He set prices of goods & wages • *All people had to remain at the same job until they died. • Diocletian didn’t have enough power to make people obey his rules & they ignored him.

  11. Constantine • *A.D. 305 Constantine became emperor. He issued several orders to help the empire. • *Son’s of workers had to follow their fathers’ trade • *Constantine moved the capital from the dying city of ROME to the Greek city of BYZANTIUM in the east. • *There he built a forum and amphitheater called the Hippodrome, and many palaces. • *He called the city Constantinople today it is called Istanbul (Muslims changed its name)

  12. Rome Falls • Diocletian & Constantine couldn’t save the empire. • *Theodosius ruled next. He split the empire into two parts. • *WESTERN ROME EMPIRE – capital Rome • *EASTERN ROME EMPIRE – capital Constantinople

  13. Rome is Invaded • Germanic tribes • *Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Franks, Vandals, Angels, and Saxons, invaded the empire in search of warm climates. • They were also interested in Roman’s wealth & culture. • *In addition, they were trying to escape the Huns, fierce warriors from Mongolia.

  14. Rome is Invaded • *A.D. 378 the Visigoths defeated the Roman legions at the Battle of Adrianople. • Rome surrenders its land to the Visigoths. • *A.D. 410 Alaric, a Visigoth leader, captured Rome. • This was the first time Rome had been captured in 800 yrs.

  15. Rome is Invaded • *Vandals looted & burned Rome in A.D. 455. From these attacks came the English word vandalism(willful destruction of property). • *A Germanic general, Odoacer, overthrew 14-year-old Emperor Romulus Augustulus • – Historians often use this event as the end of the Western Roman Empire.

  16. Rome is Invaded • *Although the western part fell the Eastern Roman Empire prospered & b/c known as the Byzantine Empire. • Legacy of Rome • Many words in the English language & many of our ideas about gov’t, laws & building ideas come from the Romans. • The peace & order brought by Roman rule allowed Christianity to spread.

  17. Roman Ideas & Gov’t Today • We like, the Romans, believe: • *That all ppl are equal under the law, • *Judges should be fair, • *People are considered innocent until proven guilty. • *That a republic made up of equal citizens is the best form of gov’t • *That it is the citizens duty to participate in gov’t.

  18. Roman Influence on Culture • *Latin shaped many languages. • Many English words come from Latin. • Scientist, doctors and lawyers still use Latin phrases. • *We still use concrete today for much of our construction. • *Many of our public (gov’t) buildings use Roman architectural styles.

  19. Christianity • *Christianity began in the Roman Empire. • *Rome’s gov’t adopted Christianity in A.D. 300.

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