1. Warm-up #8
Why do you think Christianity eventually became tolerated and even popular in the Roman Empire?
What types of problems do you think Rome would face as it grew?

2. Christianity Reader 1) The Pantheon was the name for the Roman Gods.
2) Persecution is discrimination based on religion, ethnicity, or other factors.
3) Christians were persecuted by being, abused, killed, crucified, attacked by animals, burned, and excluded from society.
4) Constantine helped the spread of Christianity by accepting it as his faith and ending persecution. Roads, common language helped it spread, etc…
5) He had a vision of winning a battle under the sign of the cross.

4. Third Century Crisis 3rd Century Crisis Funding and Corruption
Corruption occurred as rulers bribed soldiers to fight for their individual interests.
Decreased value of coins
Stopped using coins and bartered.
People stop paying taxes.
Foreign Invasion
Germanic tribes raid Northern and western towns and villages.
Persians attack from the East.
Freaky Disease
Plague of Cyprian devastates towns and villages
Factions
Territories of Rome declare independence.
Feuding
- After Severus Alexander’s assassination, dozens of military leaders fight the throne causing a series of Civil Wars.

5. Diocletian Saves the Day
Reformed military
Makes army to deploy when needed
Split groups and spread them across the empire.
Economic solution
Increase value of coins.
Edit on Maximum sets prices
Establishes the Tetrarchy – divides empire in half then sets four different emperors across the Empire.

6. Division of Rome under Diocletian

7. Diocletian’s Tetrarchy

9. Glimpse into the Future
The Western Roman Empire will fall!

10. Diocletian Cartoon On a separate piece of paper….
Draw a political cartoon or comic showing:
The five problems the Roman Empire faced in the Crisis of the 3rd Century.
Diocletian’s three solutions
Diocletian dividing the empire.
Provide a caption explaining what Diocletian’s lasting legacy (how he saved Rome and what he is remembered for).

11. Diocletian X-Ray Design an “X-ray” or cartoon of Diocletian.
At his feet show the five problems the Roman Empire faced in the Crisis of the 3rd Century.
Hear his head Diocletian’s three solutions to solve the 3rd Century Crisis.
At his hands Diocletian dividing the empire.
Provide a caption explaining what Diocletian’s lasting legacy (how he saved Rome and what he is remembered for).