PPT-THE ROMAN ARMY DEFENDING THE EMPIRE

How was the Roman Army organised Main unit of the army was the LEGION This was made up of 5000 men under the command of the LEGATE How was the Roman Army organised The smallest unit in the Legion was the Century. © 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.. 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 . . The Byzantine Empire-The Eastern half of the Roman Empire. The dividing line was chosen because most territories to the west of the line spoke Latin and followed traditional Roman culture, while the territories to the east spoke Greek and maintained less traditional Roman ways.. 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. 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 . 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. 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?. 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 . At its height the Roman Empire included all the land around the Mediterranean Sea. In the early AD 100s, the empire stretched from Britain south to Egypt, and from the Atlantic Ocean all the way to the Syrian Desert. . Preview. Decline. -. After the year 180, political, geographic, and cultural factors made the Roman Empire weaker. Finally, it fell into decline.. Diocletian and Constantine. - . Diocletian returned order and organization to the empire. Constantine totally changed the way the empire was run.. 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?.