Fall of the Roman Empire Notes
- In 180 A.D. Rome was having a lot of problems, economy was being bad and it was becoming very risky to trade something and taxes were high; Military wasn't as strong and the soldiers weren't as loyal
- Eventually the Emperor at the time named Diocletian divided the Empire completely in half. The two empires became the Greek-speaking East (who had more resources) and the Latin-speaking West (who still stayed with the Roman tradition and ways)
- Diocletian was the last emperor to be named by his troops
- Diocletian did not like the Christians at all and persecuted them then most harshly
- In A.D. 324- Constantine became emperor over both halves of the empire, but after he died the roman empire split in half again
- This time the barbarian invaders overran the empires frontiers and eventually in 476 A.D. the roman empire finally falls
- Diocletian ruled from 284-303 A.D.
- Diocletian said Rome just needed a big army so they started hiring barbarians
- Constantine ruled from 306-337 A.D. and agreed with the Christian religion and supported it
- Constantine proclaims the Edict of Milan in 313 A.D.
- Edict of Milan was the complete freedom of worship throughout the empire and ended the persecution against the Christians, because Constantine supported the Christian religion he also made Christianity the official religion of Rome
- While Romans power is decreasing the barbarian tribes began to gain power and took over many countries in Europe
- The last Roman Emperor was a teenage boy (13 years old) named Romulus Augustulus installed in 475 A.D. by his father
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