Dark Ages

Question 1

8 Reasons why Rome fell

Answer 1

1. Invasions of barbaric tribes
2. Economic troubles and reliance on slave labor
3. The rise of the eastern empire
4. over expansion and military overspending
5. Government corruption and political instability
6. The arrival of the Huns and the migration of the barbarian tribes.
   7.Christianity and the loss of traditional values
   8.Weakening of the Roman legions

Question 2

Visigoths

Answer 2

A barbaric tribe responsible for taking western Rome.

Question 3

Alaric

Answer 3

• Led the Visgoths in sacking and taking western Rome, and letting the barbarians in.
• buried underneath a river and no one has ever found his tomb.

Question 4

Clovis

Answer 4

• King of France
• turned “Christian”