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The Fall Of Rome

Published on Nov 21, 2015

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THE FALL OF ROME

EMMA BALLARD
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1. ECONOMY DECLINE

HOSTILE TRIBES INTERRUPT TRADE, INFLATION, FOOD SHORTGES
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MILITARY AND POLITICAL TURMOIL

  • Roman soldiers less disciplined & loyal citizens less loyal to empire
  • recruiting mercenaries
  • citizens less loyal to empire
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3. GERMANIC INVASION

  • Huns plundered Rome for three days
  • outsmarted by Germans
  • no ruler in West
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RISE OF THE EASTERN EMPIRE

  • The two halves couldn't work together
  • more Greek influence
  • Less discipline
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LOSS OF TRADITIONAL VALUES

  • Christianity introduced
  • Less loyalty to Rome
  • Devotion to Religion and not Rome
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Emma Smith