Jillian Kurzmann's Blog 5/8/18

Jillian Kurzmann
5/8/18
Honors Western Civilization

Today in class, we took notes on a powerpoint.
Rome Fades Away

  • What a difference a few centuries make.
  • Two emperors
    • Diocletian
      • He rules from 284-303
      • It's cool to persecute Christians
      • Rome needs a big army (400,000 strong).
      • Rome needs a big government (20,000 officials)
    • Constantine
      • Rules from 306-337
      • It's cool to be a Christian
      • Conversion to Christianity was a cross in the sky (conquer by this!)
      • 313- his Edict of Milan proclaims freedom to worship.
      • Built a new capital in the East
        • Byzantium becomes Constantinople.
  • The struggle of the peasants
    • life in the fourth century
      • Country dwellers are getting bankrupted by endless tax collection.
      • New farming system: peasants work for elite landlords on large farms.
      • Peasants can avoid paying taxes, but they are getting hit just as hard by the landlords.
      • Paying off debts and being "allowed" to live on the land, in exchange for endless back-breaking work.
      • Landowners hold local power as counts and bishops, wielding more real power than the faraway empire.
      • Foreshadowing feudalism
  • The Western Empire crumbles
    • Rome's power is decreasing, while nomadic barbarians gain power.
    • Western Empire is too poor, begins to be neglected.
    • Huns migrate from China to eastern Europe.
    • Visigoths take over Spain, and actually capture and loot Rome itself in 410.
    • Vandels control Carthage and the western Mediterranean.
    • Other barbarians
      • Ostrogoths in Italy
      • Franks in Gaul
      • Angles and Saxons in Britain
  • End of an era
    • From the beginnings
      • 500 BC- the monarchy is abolished.
      • 450 BC- the Twelve Tables are established.
    • Through the glory days
      • 44 BC- end of the line fro Julius Caesar.
      • 27 BC- 180 BC- the Roman Peace (Pax Romana).
    • To the bitter end
      • Constant 5th century invasions by barbarian tribes left the western Roman Empire shattered and crumbles.
      • The last emperor was a teenage boy installed in 475 by his father.
  • End of Roman Empire on August 23, 476.


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