Topic Fall of Rome Session 330 Date 330

Topic: Fall of Rome Session: 3/30 Date: 3/30 How were the ancient Romans similar to the ancient Greeks in regards to their culture?

Topic: Fall of Rome Session: 73 Explain how each of the following leaders impacted Ancient 
Rome. Caesar, Augustus & Constantine Which leader had the biggest (positive or negative) impact on 
Ancient Rome? Justify your reasoning.

Quick Check! Identify which Roman accomplishment/achievement relates to each modern day situation. 1.  e passed our school bus on Community House road as we drove to school. 2.  he police officer gave the lady a ticket for speeding in a school zone. 3.  e are going on a field trip to the park. 4.   need to return my library book. 5.  n November we will elect a new mayor. 6.  y mom keeps a school calendar on our fridge. 7.  he Panthers will hopefully make it to Super Bowl XXLI. 8.  t the corners of Ballantyne Commons and Johnson Road there are four large arches. 9.  t smelled awful when we passed the truck paving the road. 10.  I saved ten dollars in quarters for the soda machine.

WB: Which Roman achievement/contribution has had the greatest impact on our society? Justify your reasoning.

Vocab: Differentiate between monotheistic and polytheistic. Ancient Rome experienced a huge change in their culture under the rule of Emperor Constantine!

WB: The Roman Empire was HUGE! How might this 
have led to problems?

Empire is Divided: By AD 285 the Roman Empire was too large to manage. This problem was solved when Emperor Diocletian divided the Empire into the Western Empire and Eastern Empire. Each half was ruled by its own emperor.

Emperor Constantine became emperor in A. D. 306 Dreamed/had a vision of a cross in the sky before a battle Promised that if he won, he'd become a Christian Constantine won and then made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire.

Draw a scene of Constantine on the battlefield with the cross in the sky and then below it explain how this changed life in ancient Rome.

Constantine would spread tolerance for Christians to both sides of the Empire. Eventually, however he consolidated power, bringing both empires under his control.

Was Christianity a reason for the Fall of Rome? Christianity is often considered a reason for the fall of Rome because money was spent on churches as the empire 
converted to Christianity. The people were not as war like as they 
strived to follow the ten commandments. Christianity also 
challenged the hierarchy of the classes and rulers. People no longer worshipped the emperors as gods.

The FALL of Rome

What caused the fall of Rome? The Romans - Fall of the Empire (Western) The Fall of the Empire was a gradual process. The Romans did not wake up one day to find their 
Empire gone! Look through the documents to discover the primary causes of Rome's collapse.

Fall of Rome Make a poster showing the Fall of Rome Show reasons for the collapse.  Include the role Christianity played in the downfall. Label the main reason on top of their poster. Explain why it was a reason in a paragraph and 
then illustrate your reason. Your paragraph 
MUST HAVE correct capitalization and 
punctuation.

Read and take quiz on 10. 5, complete study guide, and study. (test next session).

Attachments Constantine_Becomes_Emperor. mov Rise_of_Christianity_Disrupts_Rome_s_Hierarchy. mov Ancient_Rome__The_Beginning_of_the_End. mov Fall of Roman Empire. ppt