PPT-Fall of Rome Why West Fell-

Economic Small farmers abandoned land Became workers on large estates Lost desire to increase production Heavy unjust taxation Burdened people Destroyed ambition to work and progress Widespread use of slaves. Eastern Christianity splits from the West. Questions to be addressed in this chapter. What was the relation of Rome to the Eastern Church?. What was the . filioque. clause and its importance?. What was the Iconoclastic Controversy?. A Church on the Move. St Augustine. Augustine, born 354, convert from paganism; Bishop of Hippo, North Africa, 395-430 . Much of our current theology stems from Augustine. . Augustine on Sacraments. “an . Eastern Christianity splits from the West. Questions to be addressed in this chapter. What was the relation of Rome to the Eastern Church?. What was the . filioque. clause and its importance?. What was the Iconoclastic Controversy?. Pg 20-21. Key Terms and People. Section 1. Augustus. citizens. aqueducts. Section 2. Diocletian. Constantine. Clovis. Attila. corruption. Section 3. Justinian. Theodora. Byzantine Empire. mosaics. 1- Augustus. . problems. Vocabulary. A dog . bit. me.. He felt . seasick. . . I . fell over . and . broke. my leg.. bite. , bit, bitten /. baɪt. /to use ​your ​teeth to ​cut into something . seasick . Civil war, political upheaval, the plague and a divided Empire. The Decline. Following a series of . civil infighting. , mostly over who was to be the new Emperor. Rome found itself under . military rule . The Fall of Rome. For centuries after the rule of its first emperor, begun in 27 B.C., the Roman Empire was the most powerful state in the ancient world. Rome continued to expand to include 3 continents: Asia, Europe, and Africa.. Empire in Crisis. The . Pax. . Romana. ends in AD 180. Power taken by a series of short-lived emperors. High taxes on citizens. Poor farmers work for the wealthy in partial slavery. Diocletian . Ruled as Emperor from AD 284 – 305. He was very strict. 8-2. Problems and Upheavals . Severan. . Rulers. Military government. “enrich the soldiers and ignore everyone else”. 235AD - 284AD – 22-25 Emperors. Invasions. E – Sassanid Persians. N – Germanic Tribes moved into the Balkans, Gaul and Spain. A.D. 284, Emperor Diocletian, a Roman general. Rome too big for one person to rule. Split Rome . A.D. 306 Constantine emperor. Moves capital from Rome to Byzantium. . (Rome’s position/location had weakened). Rome-began as a small agricultural city-state. Then a republic. An Empire. Eventually Dominated the . Mediterranean. The Etruscans. Th. e Etruscans were Ionian Greeks who migrated to the Italian Peninsula . Organization and Reorganization of Human Societies. . Alexander the Great. AP World Theme. State-Building and forms of government. Empires. Historiographical perspective. Eurocentric. Alexander the Great formed the first empire to connect the european continent to asia.. Same as the U.S.. Who has power?. Patricians: wealthy landowners. P. ortion of the population: SMALLEST. Power: MOST. Plebeians: farmers, artisans, merchants. Portion of the population: LARGEST. Power: LEAST. Aline Bissell . Fall 2014 – Traditional Study Abroad – Rome, Italy. Fall 2015- International Co-op – Montpellier, France. Traditional Study Abroad – Fall 2014. Student at John Cabot University.