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Miss BuffalinoMiss Buffalino

Rome’s Early Road SystemRome’s Early Road System

Roman Roads: The Appian Way

Roman Roads: The Appian Way

Roman AqueductsRoman Aqueducts

Miss Buffalino’s Pictures

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The Roman ColosseumThe Roman Colosseum

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Rome Rise and Fall 3

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The Colosseum InteriorThe Colosseum Interior

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Palantine HillPalantine Hill

The Roman Forum

Julius Caesar’s Tomb

Pantheon

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Piazza

Octavian Augustus:Rome’s First EmperorOctavian Augustus:

Rome’s First Emperor

Pax Romana: 27 BCE – 180 CEPax Romana: 27 BCE – 180 CE

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The Greatest Extent of the Roman Empire – 14 CE

The Greatest Extent of the Roman Empire – 14 CE

The Rise of ChristianityThe Rise of Christianity

The Spread of ChristianityThe Spread of Christianity

Imperial Roman Road SystemImperial Roman Road System

Diocletian Splits the Empire in Two: 294 CEDiocletian Splits the

Empire in Two: 294 CE

Byzantium:The Eastern Roman Empire

Byzantium:The Eastern Roman Empire

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The Byzantine EmpireDuring the Reign of Justinian

The Byzantine EmpireDuring the Reign of Justinian

Constantine: 312 - 337Constantine: 312 - 337• Ruled in the west• Edict of Milan:

religious tolerance• Built imperial

residence in Byzantine Empire.

Constantinople: “The 2nd

Rome” (Founded in 330)Constantinople: “The 2nd

Rome” (Founded in 330)

Barbarian Invasions: 4c-5cBarbarian Invasions: 4c-5c

The Legacy of RomeThe Legacy of Rome Republic Government Roman Law Latin Language Roman Catholic Church City Planning Romanesque Architectural Style Roman Engineering

• Aqueducts• Sewage systems• Dams• Cement• Arch

Invasions by the Huns

(Mongols from central Asia)

Invasions by Germanic tribes.

Sack of Rome. Conquest by invaders.

Immediate Causes for the Fall of Rome

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• 476 CE• Romulus Augustus

Traditional Date for

the Fall of Rome

• 1453 CE• Constantinople• Constantine XI

Ottoman Turks

Fall of Western Empire

EASTERN

Odoacer –Germanic leader that ousted Roman emperor