This lesson contains 18 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 2 videos.
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4.5 Roman-Germanic contacts
Slide 1 - Slide
Which sentence is incorrect? Before the Romans came to the Netherlands.......
A
there was an agricultural society north of the river Rhine
B
there were a few cities south of the river Rhine
C
Germanic tribes were living in the northern Netherlands
D
Celtic tribes were living in the southern Netherlands
Slide 2 - Quiz
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Batavians settled in the Netherlands
The Celts rebelled
The Celts were murdered, expelled or deported by the Romans.
Romans conquered southern Netherlands
Romans asked Germanic people to settle in the area.
Slide 3 - Drag question
Slide 4 - Slide
What is an example of romanisation in the Netherlands?
Slide 5 - Open question
395 AD. Split of the empire
Discuss in pairs:
What were the differences between the Eastern and the Western Roman empire after they split up?
Slide 6 - Slide
The Western-Roman empire
Language: Latin
Capital: Rome
Many fights over the power in Rome
Ends in: 476 AD
Slide 7 - Slide
The Eastern-Roman empire
Language: Greeks
Capital: Constantinople (now: Istanbul)
Ends in: 1453 AD. (Byzantine Empire)
Slide 8 - Slide
The end....
Slide 9 - Slide
Slide 10 - Video
Causes:
infectious diseases reduce the number of people living in the country, which in turn reduces production and trade. (Example: Coronavirus and China now)
Migrations.
Bad emperors who are mainly concerned with their own quarrels (civil wars) and with feasts
The limes is being neglected
Germanic peoples succeed in invading the empire by force.
Slide 11 - Slide
Great migrations
Slide 12 - Slide
The real end
Vandals --> plunder the city of Rome several times.
In 476 AD, a non-Roman general becomes emperor, with this we (history people) consider that the end of the Roman Empire has come.
Slide 13 - Slide
Slide 14 - Video
What is NOT a cause of the fall of the Western Roman Empire?
A
Pandemics
B
Migration
C
Decreasing amount of soldiers
D
A border conflict with Germanic tribes
Slide 15 - Quiz
Any questions about 4.5 or about your homework?
Slide 16 - Mind map
Succescriteria
You can explain:
how Romans and people of the south of the Netherlands treated each other
how the Rhine became the northern border of the empire
what influence the Romans had on life in the south of the Netherlands
how the Western Roman empire ended
Try to explain the learning goals:
Answer in blue what you know without your learning book
Answer in another colour what you found in your book
Slide 17 - Slide
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5.
Batavians settled in the Netherlands
The Celts rebelled
The Celts were murdered, expelled or deported by the Romans.
Romans conquered southern Netherlands
Romans asked Germanic people to settle in the area.