1. 21 April 2017 Bellringer – Get your Atlas work out & a Pen
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Fall of Rome PowerPoint
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Fall of Rome Packet
Fall of Rome PowerPoint
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3. The End of the Empire
11.3 Guided Notes

4. Rome continued to expand to include 3 continents:
Problems in the Empire
For centuries after the rule of its first emperor, begun in 27 B.C., the Roman Empire was the most powerful state in the ancient world.
Rome continued to expand to include 3 continents:
Asia
Europe
Africa
At its height, the Roman Empire included all land around the Mediterranean Sea
By the end of the 200s, emperors had to give up some of the land the Roman Army had conquered
Empire had become too large to defend or govern efficiently.

5. Map of Roman Empire circa AD 116

6. Even as emperors were giving up territory, new threats were appearing:
External Threats
Even as emperors were giving up territory, new threats were appearing:
Germanic warriors attacked Rome’s northern borders.
At the same time, Persian armies invaded in the east
The Romans pay the Goths to keep the Goths out of Rome.
This worked until they stopped paying in 408 CE
They march in to Rome in 410 CE

7. Invasions

8. Internal Threats
Border raids made people living near the borders nervous
Over time, people abandoned their lands
To grow enough food, Romans invited Germanic farmers to grow crops on land
These farmers came from the same tribes that threatened Rome’s borders
In time, whole German communities had moved into the empire-they chose their own leaders, largely ignored emperors

9. Other Problems…when in Rome
Disease swept though the empire, killing many people
Government also had to increase taxes to pay for defense

10. Internal ~ Political Corruption in government Plebeians had no rights
Empire too large to control
Emperors plotted against each other for control instead of uniting
Civil wars
Army deteriorates

11. Internal - Economic Slavery Unemployment Welfare system Taxation
Forced labor
Decrease in trade

12. Internal - Social Population declines Lead Poisoning?
                 
Population declines
Lead Poisoning?
Too many cultures
Bread and circuses
Plague

13. Diocletian became emperor in the late 200’s
Division of the Empire
Diocletian became emperor in the late 200’s
Convinced the empire was too big, he split and ruled the eastern half and named a co-emperor for the western half
Constantine reunited the empire and moved the capital east to what is now Turkey
“Constantinople”: The city of Constantine
Rome no longer a central power, instead power moved east

14. The Day Rome Fell
“In 476 C.E. Romulus, the last of the Roman emperors in the west, was overthrown by the Germanic leader Odoacer, who became the first Barbarian to rule in Rome. The order that the Roman Empire had brought to western Europe for 1000 years was no more.” ushistory.org

16. https://www. walksofitaly

17. Oh, those crazy emperors!
CALIGULA (ruled AD)
Why he’s wacky:
He wandered the palace throughout the night instead of sleeping
Flew into public rages
Spoke to the moon and to Jupiter as if they were in confidence
In the best-known story, he made his horse a senator, building it a stable of marble and inviting people to have dinner with the horse.

18. Oh, those crazy emperors!
NERO (ruled AD)
Why he’s wacky:
He divorced his first wife, then had her beheaded and brought her head to Rome so his second wife could gloat over it.
He kicked his second wife, Poppaea, to death.
He also killed his own mother
Nero climbed a stage and sang (not fiddled!) while Rome burned seems almost benign.

19. Oh, those crazy emperors!
COMMODUS (ruled AD)
Why he’s wacky:
A complete megalomaniac who even renamed Rome after himself
Commodus also was obsessed with gladiatorial combat. He performed personally in hundreds of games, often appearing both in and out of the stadium in the guise of Hercules — complete with lion skin and club!

20. Oh, those crazy emperors!
ELAGABALUS (ruled )
Why he’s wacky:
He became ruler at just 14.
When he came to Rome as emperor, he brought with him his worship for the eastern god Elagabalus — building a new temple, making animal sacrifices to the god each morning, and ordering that the god take precedence before all Roman gods, even Jupiter.
The emperor also had children sacrificed – and believed this helped him tell the future.