Ancient Rome Unit Day Six Rome’s Fall and Legacy
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Ancient Rome Unit
Day Six
Rome’s Fall and Legacy
Christianity Forms
• Rome’s Pagan
Religion
– Divine emperors
– Required worship
– Judaism banned
Christianity Forms
• Jesus of Nazareth
– Messiah
– Miracles
– Forgiveness
– God cares more
about you than laws
– Enemy of the State
Christianity Forms
• Paul and Martyrs
– Romans feared Jesus
– Pilate orders
crucifixion
– Paul spreads
Christian ideas
– Martyrs are
remembered
Christianity Forms
• Roman Persecution
– Catacombs
– Property taken from
Christians
– Public executions
Christianity Forms
• Emperor Constantine
– Originally pagan
– Converts to
Christianity
– Spends government
money on church
needs
Rome’s Decline
• Trade and Inflation
– Invasions intensify
– Emperors spending
– Prices skyrocket
– Troops not paid
– Political indifference
Rome’s Decline
• Diocletian’s Reign
– Doubled army size
– Fixed prices
– Divided the empire
into eastern and
western parts
Rome’s Decline
• Constantinople
– Capital moved from
Rome by Constantine
Rome’s Decline
• Barbarian Invasions
– Visigoths and Huns
– Western empire
dissolves
– Eastern empire
remains wealthy for
centuries to come
Rome’s LegacyGovernment
• Courts
– Judges issue verdicts
and sentences in civil
and criminal trials
• Republic
– Elected
representatives
– Bicameral legislature
– Checks & Balances
Rome’s Legacy
Arts
• Arch and Dome
– Saves material
– Largest dome-
Pantheon
• Painting and Sculpture
– Mosaics and Frescoes
– Bas Reliefs sculpted
Rome’s LegacyCulture
• Large Spectator Sports
– Coliseum and Circus
Maximus
– Violent and cruel contests-
Gladiators
• Christianity
– Jesus’ ideas dominate
Western society to this day
• Julian Calendar
– Developed by J. Caesar
– Use of Roman words for
months and days
Rome’s Legacy
Technology
• Concrete
– 1st Massive structures
– Underwater piers
• Roads and Aqueducts
– Paved roads benefit
communication, trade,
and military
– Running water in cities-
cleanliness
Pages to have completed in
your packet before the test:
Homework (50
points possible)
Classwork (90
points possible)
5, 10, 13, 16,
20
2, 6*, 7, 11,
14, 17, 21, 24
(completing on
test day)
Today’s Assignment- Mankind the
Story of Us: Empires
STOP
Rome Unit Test/Packets due:
Next Class Period
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