The Fall of rome - 7th Grade NinjasTHE FALL OF ROME AN ANALYISIS GEOGRAPHY •SOME FLAT LAND, SOME MOUNTAINS •ROME WAS LARGE, ACTUALLY TOO LARGE TO GOVERN. •FIGHTING ON TWO FRONTS,

THE FALL OF ROMEAN ANALYISIS

GEOGRAPHY• SOME FLAT LAND, SOME MOUNTAINS

• ROME WAS LARGE, ACTUALLY TOO LARGE TO

GOVERN.

• FIGHTING ON TWO FRONTS, THE EAST AND

NORTHERN.

ECONOMICS• SOME OF THE ROMANS WERE WEALTHY (FEW).

• A LOT LIVED IN POVERTY.

• “EXCESS FOR THE FEW, AND OPPRESSION FOR THE MANY.”

• RICH GOT RICHER, THE POOR GOT POORER.

• ROME WAS WEALTHY, PEOPLE WANTED THAT WEALTH

• CHRISTIANITY CHANGED THE ECONOMY BECAUSE ITS IDEALS

REVOLVED AROUND EQUALITY.

POLITICAL• 30 GENERALS CLAIMED TO BE EMPEROR IN 30 YEARS. WEAK

LEADERSHIP.

• RULERS WERE FAILING IN GENERAL– IGNORING THE PEOPLE,

EMPERORS WERE THOUGHT OF AS A JOKE.

• CONSTANTINE CLAIMED HIMSELF AS CHRISTIAN AND MADE

CHRISTIANITY THE NATIONAL RELIGION.

• TOO MANY LAWS, CITIZENS DIDN’T KNOW WHICH ONE TO

FOLLOW.

• ROME SPLIT IN TWO– EAST AND WEST.

SOCIAL STRUCTURES• SOCIAL FABRIC WAS SHREDDED. USED TO ALLOW MANY CULTURES

AND RELIGIONS, NOW THEY WERE LIMITED TO CHRISTIANITY.

• TOO MANY CHANGES, COULDN’T KEEP UP.

• CHRISTIANITY PROMOTED SOCIAL/ECONOMIC EQUALITY.

• 1/3 PEOPLE WERE SLAVES

• USED TO HAVE PRIDE IN ROMAN VALUES, SOON VALUES WERE NO

LONGER.

• MORE GRUESOME ENTERTAINMENT, TO KEEP THEIR MIND OFF OF

ROME’S FAILURES.

OUTSIDE FORCES• BARBARIANS CONQUERED LANDS AND DEMANDED

GOODS

• NATURE FORCED NOMADIC PEOPLE TO MIGRATE

WEST FROM NORTHERN ASIA BECAUSE OF

FREEZING TEMPERATURES.

• WHICH CAUSED FIGHTING ON MANY FRONTS