Take out a piece of paper for 5

Take out a piece of paper for 5. 5 notes. Work on Binder until we start. DECLINE AND FALL Big Idea: Germanic tribes help bring the empire to its end.

�Problems and upheavals �Pax Roma ends � 100 yrs instability � civil wars- military government � (22 emperors). �Almost economic collapse. �Reforms �Diocletian � empire west & east -4 co-emperors. • Constantine • new eastern capital Constantinople • Rome -western capital • Christianity. • Population not growing • taxes couldn't fund army & gov. • Inflation (decrease in money value =rise in prices) • Diocletian- price edict, set wages & prices.

�The Fall �Germanic Tribes- threaten western empire. � Huns (Asia) invade Europe �Visigoths & Vandals -into Roman territory. � In 476 A. D. Romulus Augustus was deposed of by Germans- Fall of the Western Roman Empire.

�Theories of Decline -Western Roman Empire 1. Christianity -weakened Roman military virtues. 2. Traditional Roman values decline 3. Lead poisoning in water pipes &cups-mental decline in population. 4. Plague 5. Failed to advance technologically due to slavery 6. Couldn’t create workable political system. �No single explanation can explain by itself.

5 -5 Section Review �What was the epidemic disease? �Plague �Diocletian and Constantine did what? �Enlarge the army, enlarge the civil service and force people to stay in jobs. �What was Constantine’s capital? �Constantinople �The Western Roman Empire was besieged by what? �Huns, Visigoths, and Germanic tribes

5 -5 Section Review �Who deposed western emperor? �Romulus Augustulus �What were theories about why the Roman Empire declined? �A decline of old values, Christianity, the plague �What is a rapid increase in prices �Inflation �After the last “good emperor, ” Marcus Aurelius, died in A. D. 180, what happened? �Conflict and confusion followed

5 -5 Section Review �Who sacked Rome in 455? �The Vandals �Diocletian dived the empire into what? �Four units