Rome Empire to Fall

Rome Empire to Fall

From Grand Empire to Nothing?

Roman Empire

• Octavian Augustus comes to power

• Grows the Roman Empire

• Pax Romana

Multiple Choice

Which man came to power after Caesar and started to grow the Roman Empire?

• Pompey

• Octavian Augustus

• Marc Antony

• Maximilian Robespierre

Pax Romana - Roman Peace

• Centralized Government - strongest unifying force

• Law Code

• Built roads for military and to encourage trade

• Trade along Mediteranean Sea region to boost economy

Multiple Choice

What was the Pax Romana

• time of Roman Peace

• Roman civil war era

• time of communist rule

• rule under Julius Caesar

Multiple Choice

What was the strongest most unifying force of the Roman Empire?

• Roman judicial system

• Sea trading routes

• Roman centralized government

Multiple Choice

The Romans built thousands of miles of these to encourage trade, travel, communication and military movement

• banks

• acqueducts

• railroad tracks

• roads

Empire Begins to Fall

• Series of weak leaders

• Civil unrest and fighting

• Trade begins to decline

• Economy declines

Saving the Empire

• Strong Leader comes to power finally - Diocletian

• Splits empire into 2

• Appoints co-emperor

• Rigid, harsh control - works and saves empire

Constantine

• Moved the capital from Rome to new major city - Constantinople in the Eastern part of the Empire

• Converted to Christianity and spread the religion

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Multiple Choice

What did Constantine do to the capital of the Roman Empire?

• made it stronger

• moved it to Constantinople

• built more forts to help defend it

• nothing at all

The End

• Too large to defend

• Outside invaders take over - Germanic Tribes/Huns

• Western half falls

Multiple Choice

Which of the following groups was most responsible for the collapse of the Roman Empire?

• Outside invaders - Germanic Tribes

• Carthaginian armies

• Catholic Bishops

• Greek slaves