Fall Of West Empire Notes Flashcards
Diocletian
Absolute ruler who ended all personal liberties
Divided empire into the two administrative realms in 285 ad
Diocletian and Rome having a century of chaos following death of Marcus Aurelius
1st emp in 100yrs to properly restore order and end violence
The two administrative realms
Roman emp(west) Byzantine emp(east)
Constantine: what he did and what he is associated with
Moved to capital from Rome to Byzantium
Constantine and Christianity
What did Constantine rename Byzantium?
Constantinople
What is Constantinople known as today
Istanbul Turkey
Constantine and Christianity
His mother HeIena had converted to Christianity
the edict of Milan (313 ad)
he converted to Christianity on his deathbed
The edict of Milan in 313 ad
Christianity legalized
What did Diocletian think about the two empires and what were they
Diocletian believe that dividing the Empire for administrative purposes strengthen the Empire
the two were the Western Roman empire and eastern byzantine empire
The Emperor Diocletian had believed divided the empire for administrative purposes would strengthen the Empire
He was wrong and Constantinople became capital city the split only deep end
The Western Roman empire one fact about it when it ended and how did
Ended officially in 476 ad
when last Emperor Romulus Augustus was deposed by a barbarian general Odoacer
Eastern bison teen empire what it lasted till how it ended
Last until 1453 when the empire was conquered by the Ottoman Turks
Who is to Citian what did you do and what plaque was associated with
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
Who did Justinian marry and what was she
He married Theodora and intelligent courtesan
Just sitting in code is still the basis for what
Civil law and several countries
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
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
What for reasons did Rome fall
Economic reasons
military reasons
Governmental reasons
social reasons
Economic reasons Rome fell
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
Three military reasons Rome fell
On the Roman Republic empire and the reliance on barbarian troops
Military reasons end of the Roman Republic
Armies were servants of Rome
Military reasons for the roman empire
Armies made an unmade emperors
Military reasons: reliance on barbarian troops
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
Governmental reasons Rome fell
Declined and patriotism
east and west split
no orderly succession
Government. Reasons decline in patriotism
Democracy didn’t exist in reality citizens Loster voting rights the state patriotism became based on loyalty to an emperor not to Rome
The Claddah pictures of him: patriotism became based on loyalty to an emperor not to Rome
Most emperors didn’t inspire respect or loyalty
Government reasons east west split
Two empires created problems regarding loyalty
Government reasons no orderly succession
Murders for suicides and civil wars frequently accompanied the transition from one emperor to the next
Social reasons Rome fell
Population decline
Decline in intellectual culture
religious division
Social reasons: population decline
Hunger
plague
war
Social reasons declined and intellectual culture
People did not dedicate themselves to public-service of intellectual pursuits instead they spend their leisure time watching chariot races and gladiatorial contests
Social reasons religious division
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
Administration of a vast empire
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
Literature: Virgil
Eated epic poems based on homers Iliad
Romance languages
They developed from Latin
about half of modern English can be traced to let them
they are used in law medicine and science
List the five romance languages
French Italian Portuguese Romanian Spanish
How is the romance language used in lot medicine and science
Scientist have traditionally used line as a universal language
Our scientific names and most legal and medical terminology is Latin
