1. Chapter 10, Section 4: The Final Days and Fall of Rome

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TAXES WERE NEEDED TO PAY FOR THE LARGE ROMAN ARMY.
THE HIGH TAXES TURNED PEOPLE AGAINST ROME AND LOST THEIR PATRIOTISM.
EMPIRE SPLIT INTO EASTERN AND WESTERN.
MONEY WAS ALSO NEEDED FOR PUBLIC GAMES AND THE POOR.
PEOPLE FOUGHT OVER WHO WOULD BE THE NEW LEADER.

3. Final Days
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EASTERN HALF OF ROME WAS GAINING STRENGTH AND NOT TOO MUCH IN THE WESTERN PART.
A GERMAN TRIBE CALLED THE VISIGOTHS ATTACKED.
IN 455, THE VANDALS CAPTURED ROME AND PILLAGED THE CITY.

4. The Fall Page 304 IN 476, THE HUNS ATTACKED ROME.
476- ROMULUS AUGUSTULUS WAS MADE EMPEROR (HE WAS ONLY 13 YRS OLD)
A ROMAN RULER WANTED TO ARREST THE LEADER. GERMAN RULER WANTED TO TAKE POWER. INSTEAD OF KILLING ROMULUS WAS SPARED BECAUSE HE WAS TOO YOUNG.
AS ROME DECLINED, THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE BECAME MORE POWERFUL. WHEN ROME FELL, CONSTANTINOPLE BECAME THE CENTER OF ROMAN POWER.