The Division
Into how many parts was the Roman Empire divided?
The Roman Empire was divided into two parts.
Generally speaking, who were called the 'Barbarians' by the Romans?
Foreigners, non-Romans.
What was the first capital of the Western Roman Empire?
Rome.
What was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire?
Constantinople.
Name at least 3 of the many kingdoms into which the Western Roman Empire was divided.
- The Frankish Kingdom (in Gaul)
- The Visigoth Kingdom (in Hispania)
- The Ostrogoth Kingdom (in Italy)
- The Angles Kingdom (in England)
In what century did the Roman Empire started to experience significant crises?
The third century.
Who were the two main groups of barbarians that attacked the Roman Empire during this period?
Huns and Germans.
Which group of barbarians drove the Germanic peoples into the territories of the Western Roman Empire?
The Huns.
How was the Eastern Roman Empire called later?
The Byzantine Empire.
Who advised the kings of these kingdoms?
Counts, dukes and bishops.
What were the main causes of the Roman Empire's weakness?
At least three causes to gain points:
Who was Attila?
Atila was the king of the Huns.
Who was given control of the Western Roman Empire after the division?
Emperor Honorius.
Who was given control of the Eastern Roman Empire after the division?
Emperor Arcadius.
What kind of laws did these kingdoms have?
Unwritten laws, passed down orally from one generation to the next.
Who was the last emperor of the Unified Roman Empire?
The emperor Theodosius.
What peoples fought in the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains?
- the Western Roman Empire (and its German Allies)
- the Huns
Who was the last emperor of the western part of the divided Roman Empire?
Romulus Agustus.
What ended the Eastern Roman Empire?
The ottoman invasion.
What form of Christianity did the Germanic people of these kingdoms adopt?
Arianism - a heretic form of Christianity that does not recognize Jesus as God.
In what year was the Roman Empire divided into two parts?
In 395.
When did Attila die?
Atila died in the year 453.
In what year did the Western Roman Empire end?
In 476.
When did the Eastern Roman Empire end?
In 1453.
Who deposed the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire in the year 476?
Odoacer. (A Germanic King)