Chapter 7 Flashcards
Reign stabilizing the empire and marks the end of the crisis of the Third Century
Diocletian
Upon becoming Emperor Diocletian institutes 2 major reforms
- The Dominate
- The Division of the Empire
Eliminated his last rival in 324 to become the sole ruler of a unified empire
Constantine the Great
Agreement to treat Christians benevolently within the Roman Empire
Edict of Milan 313
First ecumenical Christian conference of 220 Bishops
Council of Nicea
A declaration ans summary of the Christian faith
The Nicene Creed
Constantine establishing his new capital in the city of Byzantium in 324
Constantinople
Builds the _________________, where Constantine beloved was the purported site of Jesus’ tomb in Jerusalem
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
In 391 he declared Christianity to be the state religion
Theodosius I
Romes greatest contribution to Western Civ is
Christianity
A massive tribal confederation that had set in motion the vast movement if numerous Germanic tribes into the Roman Empire contributing to its eventual downfall
The Huns
Most feared enemies of the Western and Eastern Roman Empire
Attila the Hun
Goths; branches ___________ and _____________ played an important role in the fall of the Western Roman Empire
Visigoths and Ostrogoths
The city of _________ was founded as a result of these attacks
Venice
In 378, the first time in 600 years a Roman army was crushed in Roman soil; by ______________ and killed the Emperor Valens
Adrianople
________ Half Vandal and Roman rose to the tank of “Master of Soldiers”; most powerful man in the Western Roman Empire
Stilicho
________ Visigoths ally; killed Theodosius I; wants to me “Master of Soldiers”
Alaric
410, Alaric and his Visigoths burst until the city and…
Sacked Rome
The greatest of all Ostrogoth rulers
Theodoric the Great
455 the Vandals sacked Rome, they ruthlessly defaced the glory of ancient Rome. The term __________ was coined, the term quickly adopted throughout Europe
Vandalism
The Merovingian’s survived so long because they were better then the other kingdoms, they successfully…
Combined their own traditions to Roman social and legal traditions
Eastern Europe
Justinian I
For 20 years Justinian attempts to reunite the Empire; In 542, a devastating outbreak of Bubonic Plague, laid siege to the world, killing tens of millions…
It had a disastrous effect on army recruiter and taxpayers
