Fall Of West Empire Notes

Question 0

Diocletian

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Absolute ruler who ended all personal liberties

Divided empire into the two administrative realms in 285 ad

Question 1

Diocletian and Rome having a century of chaos following death of Marcus Aurelius

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1st emp in 100yrs to properly restore order and end violence

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The two administrative realms

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Roman emp(west)
Byzantine emp(east)

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Constantine: what he did and what he is associated with

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Moved to capital from Rome to Byzantium

Constantine and Christianity

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What did Constantine rename Byzantium?

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Constantinople

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What is Constantinople known as today

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Istanbul Turkey

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Constantine and Christianity

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His mother HeIena had converted to Christianity
the edict of Milan (313 ad)
he converted to Christianity on his deathbed

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The edict of Milan in 313 ad

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Christianity legalized

Question 8

What did Diocletian think about the two empires and what were they

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Diocletian believe that dividing the Empire for administrative purposes strengthen the Empire
the two were the Western Roman empire and eastern byzantine empire

Question 9

The Emperor Diocletian had believed divided the empire for administrative purposes would strengthen the Empire

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He was wrong and Constantinople became capital city the split only deep end

Question 10

The Western Roman empire one fact about it when it ended and how did

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Ended officially in 476 ad

when last Emperor Romulus Augustus was deposed by a barbarian general Odoacer

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Eastern bison teen empire what it lasted till how it ended

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Last until 1453 when the empire was conquered by the Ottoman Turks

Question 12

Who is to Citian what did you do and what plaque was associated with

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He was a powerful Emperor of the eastern empire headquartered at Constantinople
Managed to reunite the east and west empires for time but did not last
he rewrote Roman law into Justin code and he’s associated with the plaque of Justinian

Question 13

Who did Justinian marry and what was she

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He married Theodora and intelligent courtesan

Question 14

Just sitting in code is still the basis for what

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Civil law and several countries

Question 15

What was the plague of Justinian also known as what get severely hurt
when Justinian got sick did he recover and how many years it take for the recovery of the Byzantine empire

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It was also known as the bubonic plague into really hurt the Byzantine empire he recovered and it took hundreds of years for that Byzantine empire to do the same

Question 16

What for reasons did Rome fall

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Economic reasons
military reasons
Governmental reasons
social reasons

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Economic reasons Rome fell

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The gap between the rich and the poor impoverished workers became tied the land as coloni (sold as the land was sold)
as fewer members of the lower-class could afford to buy goods manufacturing and trade declined
Large estates became self sufficient further hurting trade and manufacturing

Question 18

Three military reasons Rome fell

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On the Roman Republic empire and the reliance on barbarian troops

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Military reasons end of the Roman Republic

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Armies were servants of Rome

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Military reasons for the roman empire

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Armies made an unmade emperors

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Military reasons: reliance on barbarian troops

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Not ultimately loyal to Rome
could not be counted on to fight the fellow barbarians
interested in obtaining booty not defending Rome or furthering Rome’s interests

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Governmental reasons Rome fell

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Declined and patriotism
east and west split
no orderly succession

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Government. Reasons decline in patriotism

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Democracy didn’t exist in reality citizens Loster voting rights the state patriotism became based on loyalty to an emperor not to Rome

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The Claddah pictures of him: patriotism became based on loyalty to an emperor not to Rome

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Most emperors didn’t inspire respect or loyalty

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Government reasons east west split

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Two empires created problems regarding loyalty

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Government reasons no orderly succession

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Murders for suicides and civil wars frequently accompanied the transition from one emperor to the next

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Social reasons Rome fell

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Population decline
Decline in intellectual culture
religious division

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Social reasons: population decline

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Hunger
plague
war

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Social reasons declined and intellectual culture

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People did not dedicate themselves to public-service of intellectual pursuits instead they spend their leisure time watching chariot races and gladiatorial contests

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Social reasons religious division

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Eastern and Egyptian Colts took away the popularity and status of traditional
Roman religion new face like Christianity directly question and challenge concepts such as Imperial divinity

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Administration of a vast empire

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Rome learn to adapt its policies on a local level to fit the people of a given area
Solid strong bureaucracy that kept things running smoothly the majority of the time
Strong infrastructure

Question 32

Literature: Virgil

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Eated epic poems based on homers Iliad

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Romance languages

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They developed from Latin
about half of modern English can be traced to let them
they are used in law medicine and science

Question 34

List the five romance languages

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French 
Italian 
Portuguese 
Romanian
 Spanish

Question 35

How is the romance language used in lot medicine and science

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Scientist have traditionally used line as a universal language
Our scientific names and most legal and medical terminology is Latin