Besides Rome's size making it difficult to govern, what else made things worse?
Section 5. Ineffective and inconsistent leadership
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What group of barbarians invaded Rome in 455 C.E.?
The Vandals
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Where does the name for a class pet, Jean Ralphio, come from?
It's a reference to a ridiculous character on the sitcom Parks and Recreation
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What were some of the pros and cons of the Rise of the Eastern Empire?
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Map Question: What are some of the "barbarian" tribes that invaded the Roman Empire?
The Angles, The Saxons, the Franks, the Goths, the Visigoths, the Ostrogoths, the Huns, and the Vandals
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What was the Roman empire called that survived in the east, even when the western Roman Empire collapsed?
The Byzantine Empire
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Traditionally, what did Rome's military might provide for the empire?
A fresh flow of conquered people to put to work as slaves.
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Which emperor divided the Roman Empire in half?
Diocletian
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What year did the Western Roman Empire receive it's "deathblow"?
Many historians believe it was the year 476 C.E., when the Germanic leader Odoacer staged a revolt against the Emperor Romulus Augustus
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What happened to the empire once it "ceased expanding" or growing bigger?
Rome's supply of slaves began to "dry up". In other words, they ran out of slaves.
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What two halves did the empire break into in the late 3rd century?
The Latin speaking Western Empire and the Greek-speaking Eastern Empire
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Explain what led the Germanic tribe, the Goths, to eventually take over Rome in 410?
Section 6. Huns invade from each. Push Germanic tribes into Roman Empire. Romans treat them cruelly. They rebel and eventually kill Eastern Roman Emperor Valens
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How long was the Western Roman Empire the "world's greatest superpower?
