The Fall of the Roman Empire

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The end of the Roman Empire and the start of the middle ages

We are talking about the Western Roman Empire

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Germanic Peoples

Foederati

Great Migrations

Germanic peoples - many different tribes (stammen)

Some tribes were allies (bondgenoten) of Rome and fought in the Roman army - Foederati

Why did the Germanic people invade / migrate into the Roman Empire?

1. Really scary people like the Huns were attacking them

2. There was lots of cool stuff in the Roman Empire. Look carefully at the pictures

Cool stuff

• Aquaducts
• Baths
• Roman army protects the boarders
• Games
• Roads
• Government
• Cool cities
• Trade

Pax Romana

'Rome Peace'

Safe to travel, money is the same everywhere, big cities like Rome = lots of trade and wealth

Lots of the army is foederati, so basically it's easy

The more you conquer (veroveren), the less tax (belasting) the government gets, less money for soliders, smaller armies

Watch the movie, make notes

What reasons do people give for the fall of the Roman Empire?

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Reading time, go to:

The fall of the Western Roman Empire

1. Learnbeat 3.1 The Decline of Towns and Trade in the Early Middle Ages
2. A Lesson 1 The Fall of the Roman Empire
3. Go to page 2
   
4. Read "Why trade and towns flourished during the Pax Romana"
5. DO NOT WATCH the movie + DO NOT ANSWER questions
   
6. Read "The fall of the Western Roman Empire"