Essential Question Describe the causes and effects of

Essential Question: Describe the causes and effects of Rome’s decline? Decline and Fall of the Empire Chapter 2 Lesson 2

Reasons for Rome’s Decline: Read Page 53 -54 Internal Weaknesses Threaten Rome in your book. While reading, pull out at least 6 reasons for Rome’s decline.

What did you get? 1. For the subtopic Economic and Social Difficulties, what did you get? 2. Add those reasons to your CN. 3. For the subtopic Decline in Agriculture, what did you get? 4. Add those reasons to your CN. 5. For the subtopic Military and Political Problems, what did you get? 6. Add those reasons to your CN.

What did Romans do to have fun? The answer is ….

Think about this: Have you ever been on a long car ride and your bro. or sis. Begin to fight over who sits where? Explain what happens. Although fighting took place, Diocletian and Constantine kept Rome alive for almost 200 more years.

Efforts to save the empire 1. Diocletian – Emperor= 284 AD – harsh

2. Constantine – After Diocletian – 313 AD end attacks on Christians • allow Christians to worship freely = Christianity growth – 330 AD moved capital = Rome to Constantinople

Look in your history book for Constantine. As a table discuss his contributions to history.

The Fall… • Read Page 55, Invasion and Conquest and look at the map. • What’s the gist of this information? • Add it to your CN.

End of the Empire • Read End of an Empire. 1. Who is Clovis? 2. Why is he in your history book? 3. Describe what happened to the Western part of the Roman Empire. Now describe what happened to the Eastern part.

Sum it up: Rome’s Decline Effects: Causes: Rome’s Fall