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Fall of Rome
Q and A for the Fall of Rome
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what change did Diocletian make during his rule of the Roman Empire? | Implemented a tetrarchy, where two senior and junior emperors rule the vast empire. |
| What happened after Diocletian's death in 311 CE? Who would win this fight? | All four kings started to fight against each other, Constantine the Great would win the war. |
| When Constatine became emperor, what changes did he make? | Made Christianity legal, made a new capital called Constantinople. |
| For the west side of Rome, how did things go? | Rulers were incompetent to rule, Men under King Gaiseric cut the main source of grain, Taxes diminished, the last Emperor Romulus Augustulus was slain at 16. |
| In 375 CE, Emperor Valentinian I met with the German Tribal Leaders from Quadi, what happened during this exchange, and how did it effect the emperor? | The Germanic tribes blamed their attacks on the Romans as they set military camps along the river in their territory. The emperor proceeded to suffer an aneurism from anger. |
| How were the Visigoths treated by the Romans, how did they respond? | The Visigoths were a group of Germanic tribes ruled under one King Alaric. They were denied citizenship due to them being Germans, they then would take over Western Roman Empire in 476 CE |