Jillian Kurzmann's Blog 5/1/18

Jillian Kurzmann
5/1/18
Honors Western Civilization

Today in class, Mr. Schick announced that we don't have to do blogs anymore. We also took notes on Rome from the textbook.

  • The Fall of the Roman Empire
    • A Century of Crisis.
      • Historians agree that the end of Marcus Aurelius' reign (AD 161-180) was the end of 2 centuries of peace and prosperity known as Pax Romana.
      • Rome began to decline due to the following emperors little knowledge of how to control the large empire.
      • Rome's Economy Weakens
        • Several factors prompted the weakening of Rome's Econ.
          • Hostile tribes and pirates disrupted trade.
          • Due to Rome reaching Manifest Destiny, the Romans lacked silver or gold.
          • The gov. raised taxes and started using less and less silver in its coins.
          • The Econ suffered from inflation.
            • Inflation is a drastic drop in the value of money coupled with a raise in prices.
        • Agriculture faced problems as well.
          • Harvests in Italy and Western Europe became increasingly meager because of overworked soil had lost its fertility.
          • Years of war also destroyed farmland.
          • Serious food shortages and disease spread and the pop. declined.
      • Military and Political Turmoil.
        • By the 3rd century AD, the Roman army army became disarray.
        • The soldiers and generals became less and less disciplined and loyal.
        • They gave their allegiance to the commanders, not Rome.
        • To defend Rome, the gov. began to recruit mercenaries.
        • Mercenaries felt little sense of loyalty to the empire.
        • The Romans lost their sense of Patriotism.
        • They no longer cared about the empires fate.

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