Bellringer 1/28 Pages Define plague, inflation, barter, and reform. 2. What did Diocletian do? What did Constantine do?
The Decline of Rome Coach Crews World History
Weekly Schedule Monday – Decline of Rome Tuesday – Rome Falls Wednesday – Rome’s Legacy Thursday – Byzantine Empire/Fall of Rome Quiz Friday – Byzantine Empire/Chapter Vocabulary Quiz
Web Diagram (Pages ) The Decline of Rome Social PoliticalEconomicMilitary
Web Diagram The Decline of Rome Social PoliticalEconomicMilitary
Web Diagram Political -Weak government -Army leaders fought each other for the throne -22 different emperors -Leaders took bribes -Fewer Romans honored duty, honor, courage, and honesty -Talented people stopped participating in government
Web Diagram Social -Wealthy stopped paying taxes -Fewer people in schools -Large number of enslaved people -Wealthy people supported slavery in order to save money
Web Diagram Economic -Soldiers seized crops and destroyed fields -People bought fewer goods, driving up unemployment -Plague spread -Inflation (money lost value and prices went up) o Fewer taxes, less money for government o Less gold in coins = coins lost their value o Prices went up tive
Web Diagram Military -Less money to pay soldiers and protect borders -Invaders swept the empire (east and west) -No money to pay soldiers, forced to use outside armies -Germanic soldiers were not loyal to Rome
Web Diagram Results -Diocletian (284) divides the empire -Introduced many reforms -These reforms failed because they were ignored by the citizens -Constantine (312) moved the capital to the Greek city of Byzantium -City became Constantinople (Istanbul)