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1 The Fall of the Roman Empire

2 The Golden Age (100-180AD) Life in the Golden Age After the Golden Age
Rome was largest city in the ancient world Extravagant entertainment Prosperity through trade and population expansion After the Golden Age Series of bad emperors Unsuited for governance Many boy emperors Gladiator

3 Beginnings of Decline Trade -Outside tribes and pirates disrupt trade
Economy - Raised taxes to pay for defense Inflation- A drastic drop in the value of money with rising cost of prices, a result of printing money with less silver in it Agriculture- Less crops as a result of overused land, higher prices, damaged land

4 Beginnings of Decline Military-
Germanic Tribes began invading from the North and were overrunning Roman Legions Armies became loyal to commanders and not Rome Mercenaries were paid soldiers to defend Rome, but felt little loyalty to the Empire

5 Diocletian 284-305 AD Ruled by decree Strong general with army support
Imposed will on governmental agencies Unity Worship of emperor as a mark of loyalty Persecution of the Christians About non-participation and separateness Not about beliefs

6 Diocletian Divided the empire for better administration
Diocletian retired, forced Maximiam to retire Chaos followed, civil wars to determine leader

7 Constantine AD Constantine’s father succeeded Maximian as Augustus Succeeded his father as Caesar Fought wars to decide emperor

8 Constantine Constantinople Acceptance of Christianity
New Roman Capital Built on Byzantium site Acceptance of Christianity Edict of Milan

9 Post-Constantine Period
Germanic Tribes (Franks, Burgundians, Vandals, Visigoths) Forced to invade from Fear of Huns Attacked eastern providence Overran the local Roman army Reinforcement moved to defend the east which weakened the west

10 Post-Constantine Period
Huns Central base in Hungary Warriors feared by Romans and Germans Attila—last leader Invaded Gaul (Western Roman Empire) Advanced against Rome Weakened by Disease and Famine Pope Leo I negotiated their withdrawal

11 Fall of the Roman Empire
West had longer barbarian frontier East had money to pay off invaders Eastern boundaries easier to defend Constantinople a fortress city

12 Barbarian Invasions

13 The End of Antiquity The fall of the Roman empire traditionally marks the end of the period of Antiquity Upcoming time periods Middle Ages/Renaissance Byzantine empire Moslem empire

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