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The Greatness of the Roman

Empire

Rome was the most

powerful empire

Europe had ever seen.


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Roman Empire at its height 117 C.E.


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The Contribution of Rome


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Roman legal accomplishments

Rome had a republicandemocracy- sometimes

Had a senate wherepatricians (upper class)

could represent people

Nobody is above the law,not the emperor, not thesenate, not the people, notthe police.

Laws are written downand must be respected


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Great Rulers

Julius Caesaret tu Brute?

Augustus Caesarincreased Caesar's empire

DiocletianSplit the empire into two parts

HadrianHadrian's wall in England

TrajenThe forum, rebuilt Rome

Marcus Aurelius= last good emperor

Among othersof course there were some terrible onestoo!

Nero


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Art/Architecture


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Art/Architecture

Roman Arch

The Pantheonfirst dome

The Coliseum

Its architecture was

Hellenistic (meaning

Greek inspired)
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TechnologyRoman Roads, Concrete

All roads lead to Rome

City planning


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Technology:

Aqueducts


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Science

Ptolemyhypothesized about the makeup

of the universe.

Geocentric (earth centered universe)(Will later be proven wrong)


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Language

Latin (the language of

Rome) evolves into the

Romance LanguagesFrench, Italian, Spanish,

and Portuguese

Latin is still the official

language of the Roman

Catholic Church


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Military MightSpread of the Pax Romana (Peace of Rome)

The empire is peaceful because if you mess

with it, they kill you.


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Decline of RomeLong period of decline

Example: at one point they had 22 emperors over a 50year period, 20 died violently

Persians and Germans move into empire

Civil war and plague hurt empire

Money TroublesTrade /industry declined.

Labor shortage due to disease

Farm production declined

Money became short and soldiers were scarce Had to hire Germanic soldiers = who had no loyalty to Rome and

did not understand tradition

Overall decline in society, morals, education,

businessRemember what we said about civilizations needs


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Roman Coliseum

Gladiators

Decline in morals


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Ever see the movie? Think about its

central themedecline of morals


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ew e g onRise of Christianity

Christianity spreads through Roman EmpirePreaches monotheistic (one god) religiongrew because it was more appealing to the poor becauseit viewed everyone as equal

Romans paid little attention to Christianity at firstthen began to see it as a threat to society

Persecuted Christians

Persecution strengthened Christianity forcing it tobecome more organized

Eventually, Romans give in

If you cant beat em, join em.

Constantine =first Christian Emperor of Rome


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Archbishop / CardinalIn charge of an Archdiocese in big city

Bishop/DioceseIn each big town / small city

Priest/ParishIn each town / village

PopeIn charge of whole Church

Christian Church moves headquarters to Rome

Church very organizedhierarchical system


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Fall of Rome

Rome was besieged by

various tribes from

modern day Germany

and France.

Huns from Russia /

central Asia invaded

eastern Europe and forced

the German Visigoths into

Roman territory.


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Fall of Rome

Eventually Visigoths destroyed Rome and

took control

Vandals invaded southern Spain and Africa/

eventually crossed over into Italy from

Northern Africa and sacked Rome also


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Fall of Rome

In 476 Western Roman Empire Falls

The Dark Ages falls upon Western Europe

Eastern Roman empire became known as

the Byzantine Empire and thrived around

Constantinople.


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Constantinople: The New Rome

Built by Roman Emperor Constantine

Today it is called Istanbul


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Although the fall of the Roman

Empire did not happen overnight,many consider its fall the beginning

of the Middle Ages or Dark Ages.

Summary


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Summary

The Roman Empire fell due to outside

attacks and disease (brought on by

trade)The Middle Ages began as the

Christian Church replaced

governments as the central authority.

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