Troubled Times
The last great emperor, whose death ends the Pax Romana
Who is Marcus Aurelius?
This reformer divided the empire into four parts
Who is Diocletian?
The barbarians from Central Asia, that everyone feared, and who drove the Goths into Rome
Who are the Huns?
In 476, this last Western Roman Emperor was deposed by a Germanic Roman General.
Who is Romulus Augustulus?
Meaning intentional destruction of other's property
What is vandalism?
In the period of political confusion (334 - 284 AD) Rome had 22 of these
What are emperors?
What did Diocletian build along the border
What are forts?
These barbarians were allowed to settle inside the Roman border (mistake)
Who are the Visigoths?
This General deposed the last emperor
Who is Odoacer?
This emperor split the empire into two parts a western and an eastern
Who is Theodosius?
To end economic weakness, the Romans made this mistake
What is mint more coins (Drachmae)?
List the economic reforms Diocletian enacted (3 things)
What are price maxima, job permanence (frozen), tax collectors' personal responsibility for tax revenue?
In 378 AD the Visigoths defeated the Roman Legion and killed the emperor at this Battle
What is the Battle of Adrianople?
After 15 years of rule, Odoacer was deposed by this Visigoth
Who is Theodoric?
Rome unintentionally nurtured this institution
What is the Christian church (Christianity)?
Both of these increased as the value of Roman money fell
What are prices (inflation) and unemployment?
He reunited the empire then moved its capital to Constantinople
Who is Constantine?
In 410 AD this Visigoth ruler sacked Rome
Who is Alaric?
By 550 AD the Western Roman Empire was replaced by a patchwork of these
What are Germanic Kingdoms?
Originally seen as a threat, this religion had a unifying influence on Rome
What is Christianity?
To survive Germanic and Parthian attacks, the Romans did one correct thing and one big mistake
What is build city walls (correct) and hire German mercenaries (Huge Mistake)?
This reformer made jobs hereditary and reinforced Diocletian's reforms
Who is Constantine?
After conquering Roman territory in Spain and North Africa, these barbarians destroyed Rome in 455 AD
Who are the Vandals
This is another name for the Eastern Roman Empire that lasted over 1000 years after the empire in the west fell
What is the Byzantine Empire?
E Pluribis Unum
What is From Many One?