PPT-What were the Dark Ages The Fate of The Roman Empire

The Political Organization Under Caesar the Roman Empire was centralized Europe becomes decentralized without a strong Roman Empire Weaker political structures would limit trade and progress. © Student Handouts, Inc.. www.studenthandouts.com. What was the Roman Empire?. There were two periods of Roman government.. Roman Republic . 509 BCE-30 BCE. Roman Empire. 30 BCE-476 CE. Rome technically had an “empire” under the Roman Republic.. Were the Dark Ages really dark?. 310 CE to 1000 CE. (very approximately). Dark Ages or Middle Ages?. Dark Ages. Middle Ages. Gibbon’s book . The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. (1788) set the biased tone. Theories behind the shrink . by the 300s “barbarian” groups like the Goths had encroached beyond the Empire’s . borders. 410 the Visigoth King Alaric successfully sacked the city of . Rome. The . What internal and external problems destroyed Rome?. A New Emperor. From the end of Diocletian’s reign as emperor in . 305 CE . until . 312 CE . there was fighting in the Roman empire (chaos and disunity…). Portugal. Spain. Andorra. United Kingdom. France. Monaco. Luxembourg. Belgium. Netherlands. Germany. Switzerland. Liechtenstein. Italy. San Marino. Vatican City. Malta. Austria. Czech Republic. Slovakia. © Student Handouts, Inc.. www.studenthandouts.com. What was the Roman Empire?. There were two periods of Roman government.. Roman Republic . 509 BCE-30 BCE. Roman Empire. 30 BCE-476 CE. Rome technically had an “empire” under the Roman Republic.. The beginning…Early Middle Ages. Decline of Roman Empire . Rise of Northern Europe . New forms of government . Heavy “. Romanization. ” (religion, language, laws, architecture, government). Latin. Germanic tribes such as the Franks, Visigoths, . Burgundians. , . Ostrogoths. , and Vandals take over.. Trade stops, people move out of cities, and the exchange of ideas completely stops.. The Franks emerge as the most powerful of these groups.. 500-1500s. The Franks. King Clovis . Warrior king of the Franks. Germanic kingdoms were now the uniting force in Europe. Established the most powerful Christian kingdom of the time. France is derived from their name . Rome built great stuff. Rome built great roads to travel on and aqueducts to bring water into the city.. Rome also built great stadiums and amphitheaters for the entertainment of the people.. Romans also developed the use of the arch. . Consuls (at the highest level) held power that extended over the lands Rome ruled.. At the end of their one-year term, they entered the Senate of Rome, the highest legislative and consultative body of the government.. Chapter 11, Section 3. THE BEGINNING OF THE END:. THE DECLINE. The . Pax. . romana. Translated means “Roman Peace”. Began with the reign of Augustus and ended with the death of Marcus Aurelius. Rome . Judaism and Christianity. A model of Ancient Jerusalem. Objective: . Examine the causes and effects of . the Rise of Christianity in ancient Rome. What do you know about how Christians were treated under the Roman Empire?. Major Question 1. How did political power in Europe shift after the fall of the Roman Empire? . First of all…. Rome was divided into two empires in 284 AD. by the Emperor Diocletian. West (Rome) East (Constantinople).