PPT-The Fall of the Roman Empire

Instructions Get out a blank piece of paper Write Downfall of Rome on the top of your paper Write the title for each slide on your paper Skip a line indent and write only the words in red. © 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.. 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…). 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. . 5.5. What caused the Decline?. Economic Problems. Foreign Invasion. Decline in traditional values. Dividing the Roman Empire. Political Violence. The . Pax. . Romana. comes to an end with the death of Marcus Aurelius in 180. 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.. 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 . 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. 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. . The Roman Empire at its Height. The Roman Empire became huge. It covered most of Europe, North Africa, and some of Asia. The Empire reached its height under Emperor Diocletian (284-305 CE). Expansion: Good or Bad?. The Roman Empire at its Height. The Roman Empire became huge. It covered most of Europe, North Africa, and some of Asia. The Empire reached its height under Emperor Diocletian (284-305 CE). Expansion: Good or Bad?. Greco-Roman Civilization. Rome absorbed ideas from Greek . colonists.. Adapted Greek and Hellenistic achievements. Civilization spread during Pax Romana from trade and . travel.. Literature. Many Romans spoke Greek and imitated Greek styles of prose and . 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?. The Romans developed . innovations. that are still used today; what made them such . influential . innovators? . Definition of . “. INNOVATION. ”. : . something new or original (such as an idea, an invention, a device, a method). Reanissance. ). 400-1453 (1492) CE.. The Roman Empire at its Height. The Roman Empire became huge. It covered most of Europe, North Africa, and some of Asia. The Empire reached its height under Emperor Diocletian (284-305 CE).