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  • Gaul, Britain, Spain, and Egypt
    countries that were part of the Roman Empire
  • bards
    singing story tellers
  • Angles and Saxons
    agreed to help Vortigern fight his enemies because he promised them land in Britain on which to live. After the fight, they stayed and settled down, i...
  • Celts praised
    men that were strong and courageous fighters
  • Vortigern
    Celtic king who asked two barbarian tribes (Angles and Saxons) to come help him fight his enemies
  • Huns, Vandals, Goths, Visigoths, and Ostrogoths
    invading barbarian tribes
  • Celts, after the fall of Western Roman Empire
    moved to Scotland, Ireland, and Wales
  • Rome
    The most important city in the Roman Empire
  • Craith
    warrior that defeated a giant named Giant Favor of the Mighty Blows
  • Center of the Roman Empire
    located near the Mediterranean Sea
  • Beowulf
    the great warrior that conquers Grendel
  • Pax Romana
    all parts of the Roman Empire had to obey Roman Laws.
  • Roman Empire division caused
    the Western Roman Empire was destroyed and all of its treasures were taken
  • gladiator fights, chariot races, fights between soldiers and wild animals
    things you would see if you visited the Coliseum
  • barbarians
    the wondering tribes that invaded the Romans; didn't take baths, live in homes,, or cook their food
  • Celts drove last Roman soldier out of their country
    when the Western Roman Empire fell
  • Roman emperors
    most were week and did not make wise decisions
  • Celts
    lived in Britain and rebelled against the Romans
  • Diocletian
    Roman emperor who divided the empire into a West and an East section.
  • major problem in the Roman Empire
    it was so large that the army couldn't protect its borders