Aim: How did internal and external forces lead to the fall of Rome? Do Now: Copy the vocabulary in your notebooks Turning point- a large change in history.

Aim: How did internal and external forces lead to the fall of Rome?

• Do Now: Copy the vocabulary in your notebooks

• Turning point- a large change in history• Decline- to reduce or go down• Corrupt- not ethical or dishonest (shady)• Mercenaries- soldiers that fight for money• External- outside• Internal- inside

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Class Work

• As a class, we will read the “Introduction”.• After listening and reading the text, we will

answer questions 1 & 2• After completion of the Introduction activity,

all students will complete documents 1-3 (10 minutes)

Why did the Roman Empire collapse?

All students will complete tasks:1) Copy the paragraph into your notebook4) On your sheet, number the problems according to which you

think was the most serious faced by the Roman Empire (1=biggest problem 12=smallest)

5) On the back of the worksheet, write down the biggest problem.

a) Explain why you chose itb) Discuss some solutions to the problemc) If there is time, repeat for your 2nd & 3rd largest problems

Homework

• Write a report to the Emperor of Rome• You are trying to save Rome from collapsing• Please write an explanation of the problems

faced by the Roman Empire• Discuss possible solutions to these problems

• Your response should be at least 2 paragraphs• (counted as a quiz grade, due Thursday 12/2/10)

Aim: How did internal and external forces lead to the fall of Rome?

• Do Now: Complete Drill Fall of Rome using the reading from yesterday.

• Answer questions 1-5

Vocabulary

• Inflation- Large drop in the value of money and rise in the prices of goods

• Mercenary- Foreign soldiers who fought for money

• Diocletian-Strong willed army leader and Roman Emperor

• Constantinople-New name for Byzantium under Constantine

• Attila- Powerful chieftain of Huns

How did internal and external forces lead to the fall of Rome?

Think- Pair-ShareIn pairs, complete reading the Fall of the

Roman Empire Answer questions, 1-3 and Skill builder

Student Debrief

• As we go through the slides, please fill in your notes on the Roman Empire

Economic Troubles• Decline begins after the pax

romana in 3rd Century• Invaders made trade unsafe

on sea and on roads• The rich spent gold and silver

on luxury items from Asia which drained Rome of these precious metals

• Rome began making coins with less silver which caused inflation.

Economic Troubles• Inflation is a drastic drop

in the value of money coupled with rising prices for items.

• Agriculture decreased because of infertile soil, and farmland destroyed by war.

• Food shortages• Spread of disease

Military Troubles• Germanic tribes were invading

Rome• Soldiers no longer had discipline

or loyalty to Rome. • Soldiers had loyalty only to their

commanders, who fought not for Rome, but to try to become the emperor.

• To defend Rome, mercenaries were recruited – foreign soldiers who fought for money.

Political Troubles• Troubles in the empire

made citizens lose patriotism for Rome

• Being a political official was no longer thought to be an honor

• Few people wanted to serve in the government

• Out of 26 generals who became emperors, 25 met violent deaths.

Temporary Help• Diocletian in A.D. 284 became a

strong leader • He doubled the Roman armies

and hired German mercenaries• Persecuted Christians• He divided the Roman empire

into 2 sides– East: Greek speaking–West: Latin speaking

• He took over the East, but Civil war broke out after his death

Constantine• Took over the West part

of the empire in A.D. 312• Moved the capital to a

strategic location in Greece in the East in Byzantium and renamed it Constantinople

• He accepted Christianity

The West Falls• The west faced worse problems than the east that was far from

invaders• From A.D. 376 to 476, huge numbers of Germanic tribes poured

into Rome to get away from the fierce Huns

• Attila the Hun was a powerful chieftain who swept through the west

The West Falls• Negotiated with Pope Leo I

and withdrew• He died in 453 and was no

longer a threat• Germanic tribes continued

to invade and finally the west was no longer Rome

• But the Eastern Roman empire will continue as the Byzantine Empire that will preserve Greek and Roman heritage.

Pictures Cited• Slide 1 – http://www.rebitran.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/rome2.jpg• Slide 2 – http://goldprice.org/buying-gold/uploaded_images/Roman-Gold-Coins-706909.jpg,

http://www.englishare.net/literature/dc-roman-coin.gif,http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en-commons/thumb/1/11/300px-Dio_coin3.jpg

• Slide 3 – http://www.davonline.com/images/rome_hbo_visuel.jpg• Slide 4 – http://www.fallofromegame.com/images/centurion_illus.jpg• Slide 5 – http://www.jaguarmodels.com/nu/ja60910.jpg• Slide 6 – http://www.reformation.org/emperor-diocletian.jpg• Slide 7 –http://www.usask.ca/antiquities/Collection/Constantine_1.JPG • Slide 8 – http://www.white-history.com/hwr35_files/CFALL.jpeg• Slide 9 – http://www.usu.edu/markdamen/1320Hist&Civ/slides/08romfal/mapEWRomanEmpire.jpg• Slide 10 – http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Vandalen.jpg/250px-

Vandalen.jpg