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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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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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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What group of barbarians invaded Rome in 455 C.E.?
The Vandals
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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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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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Who Invaded Rome in the year 410 C.E.with an Army of Goths?
The Visigoth King, Alaric.
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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 were some of the pros and cons of the Rise of the Eastern Empire?
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What are 3 reasons that governing such a vast territory was challenging for the Roman empire in it's final days?
1. Communicating quickly was next to impossible.
2. Not enough troops to defend the frontiers
3. Not enough money for important things/ too much spent on army
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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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At the height of the Empire's power, how big was the empire?
It stretched from the Atlantic Ocean all the way to the Euphrates River in the Middle East
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The labor shortage in Ancient Rome caused a sharp decline in what?
