11.3 (JAT 9.3) Fall of Rome

After Marcus Aurelius’s death, who ruled Rome?

• Diocletian

• Commodus

• Constantine

• Augustus

What happened to Rome's leadership after the Severans ended?

• It grew strong

• It grew weak

• It remained the same

• It improved

With a weak government, the ______ worsened.

• economy

• education

• healthcare

• infrastructure

What did Rome have to defend itself from constantly?

• Barbarian invasions

• Natural disasters

• Economic crises

• Internal revolts

What disease killed many people within the empire?

• Plague

• Influenza

• Smallpox

• Cholera

Who moved the capital city to Byzantine, later known as Constantinople?

• Alexander the Great

• Julius Caesar

• Constantine the Great

• Augustus

The Visigoths feared the Huns and asked Rome for protection.

• True

• False

Who was the Visigoth leader that captured the city of Rome and burned it?

• Alaric I

• Attila the Hun

• Theodoric the Great

• Gaiseric

Odoacer was a Germanic leader who took control of Rome’s government from the emperor ______ sparking the end of the Western Roman Empire.

• Romulus Augustulus

• Julius Caesar

• Nero

• Caligula

The Eastern Roman Empire continued to prosper after the fall of the Western Roman Empire.

• True

• False