fall of rome

Question 1

5 reasons for fall of rome

Answer 1

-people are comfortable + lazy
- people dont want kids - population and economy drop
-weak borders
-army is mostly mercinaries
-corrupt emperors

Question 2

who did the huns descend from

Answer 2

xiongu

Question 3

who did the xiongu threaten and what was built because of them, what does this tell us

Answer 3

threatened the chinese, built the great wall of china, the xiongu/huns are terrifying

Question 4

2 things about hunnic culture

Answer 4

-nomads
-very good with horses

Question 5

describe hunnic military stategies and weapons

Answer 5

very good at horseback riding and archery, had a more advanced compound bow

Question 6

how did the huns first cause problems for the west, and year

Answer 6

370: they drove the vandals and goths west into rome

Question 7

what was rome’s initial response to the huns, what does this tell us about roman leadership at the time

Answer 7

the gave the huns the land of hungary and hired them as mercinaries - rome does not have the military to fight them/are to lazy to fight them

Question 8

how was attila ‘invited’ to become emperor of the west

Answer 8

the emperor’s sister didnt want to to married off, so she wrote to attila and asked him to come save her, and that if he did he would get rome, plus she put a ring in the envelope

Question 9

how did attilla respond to being invited to become emperor of the west, year and outcome of events

Answer 9

he marched west to gaul 451- Battle of Chalons, Attila looses so he goes to Italy, but St. Leo meets him there and they talk and Attila mysteriously decides to leave and go home

Question 10

what did the last roman emperor Valens do when the goths fled into eastern rome

Answer 10

goths tried to move into rome but they were mistreated, and eventually they got fed up with it and rebelled, led by king Fritigern - 378 Battle of Adrianople - goths kill valens, West give Goths Bulgaria

Question 11

who led the goths against rome, year? describe event what did rome do in response

Answer 11

King Alaric 410 - sack of rome
rome doesnt do anyhting

Question 12

ostrogoths vs. visigoths

Answer 12

ostrogoths=east
visigoths=west

Question 13

who are vandals how did they end up in the west

Answer 13

they are barbarians who got pushed west by the huns

Question 14

what led up to Vandals plundering north africa, year?

Answer 14

429 - gov. of north africa - bonafice - wants north africa for himself so he asks vandals to help him take it, vandals come but he backs out, so they get angry and rampage

Question 15

were does term ‘vandalism’ come from

Answer 15

when vandals sacked rome they only destroyed things they did kill or hurt anyone

Question 16

who was odovacar, how did he become king of italy, year, describe signifigence

Answer 16

odavacar was king of the Foederati, Orestes employed him to help him take Rome, in return for 1/3 of italy, they help him, but he forgets his promise, so they kill him
476 - Odavacar become ‘king of italy’ = end of ancient era