Problems Of Rome
- 1. May 5, 2008 Objective: Can they be fixed and by who? The Fall of Rome Homework: Study
- 2. Problems of Rome Germanic tribes Invade crops and destroy fields Persia push into Eastern Rome Army can’t pay the soldiers Use German soldiers – not loyal Army fought over leadership Corrupt politicans that take bribes Many talented stop taking part in government. Less Crops = Hunger Businesses closed – unemployment Inflation because less taxes were paid Less gold in coins – higher prices therefore bartering without money Fewer people went to school Large number were enslaved Farmers grew less food The Plague Economic Social Military Political Solution Problem Category
- 4. Diocletian AD 284-305 Soldier that became an emperor Divided the empire into four parts and gave four men (tetrachy) power Redistribute the army to protect Rome Set rules for prices of goods and wages Ordered workers to remain in the same jobs until they died Pay taxes in what you make – make olive oil pay in olive oil The people ignored the new rules Diocletain didn’t have enough power to stop them so he retired
- 5. AD 305 – 337 Saw a fiery cross in the sky that said he would win against the odds – became emperor Made him believe in the Christian god – 1 st Christian Roman Emperor Helped the Catholic church start up Sons had to follow their fathers and do the same jobs (serfs to the land idea) Made the Hippodrome (oval amphitheater) Moved the capital from dying Rome to a new city in the east- chose the site of the Greek city Byzantium and called it Constantinople Constantine