The Fall of the Roman Empire
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The Fall of the Roman Empire
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Weak Roman Government
• Poor leaders weakened the government
• Frequent fights for power• Many officials took
bribes• Talented people chose not
to serve due to dangers of government life
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Social Problems
• Plague (disease) spread throughout Rome, killing 1 in 10
• Famine: There was not enough food to feed people
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Economic Problems
• Income and wages fall due to inflation and lack of work.
• Wealthy Romans stop paying taxes– No taxes, no
money
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Dividing the Empire
• The empire was to divide it in half to save the empire.
• Created two empires:• Western Empire:
Europe/ North Africa • Eastern Empire:
Turkey/ Asia.
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Christianity
• Began in the 1st century A.D. as a breakaway Jewish sect
• Focused around the spiritual leader Jesus of Nazareth.
• Jesus was put to death by the Roman provincial government.
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Christianity• Followers of Jesus
spread Christianity throughout the Roman Empire.
• Persecuted first by the Jewish People.
• Nero had Christianity made a crime punishable by death.
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Constantine
• Constantine (312 CE) united the empire again under one ruler
• First Christian emperor
• Stopped the persecution of Christians
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Rome invaded
• Western Empire unable to hold off German tribes on its borders
• German tribes wanted warmer area, Roman riches, and to flee the Huns
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The Fall
• Rome was defeated in 476 CE
• Western Empire was divided into many kingdoms that adopted many of the customs of Rome
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Eastern Roman Empire
• Although the Western Empire fell in 476 CE, the Eastern Roman Empire continued to prosper for 1,000 more years
• Became known as the Byzantine Empire