4.5 Roman-Germanic contacts- part two

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4.5 Roman-Germanic contacts

Which sentence is incorrect?
Before the Romans came to the Netherlands.......

1. there was an agricultural society north of the river Rhine
2. there were a few cities south of the river Rhine
3. Germanic tribes were living in the northern Netherlands
4. Celtic tribes were living in the southern Netherlands

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2.

3.

4.

5.

Batavians settled in the Netherlands

The Celts rebelled

The Celts were murdered, expelled or deported by the Romans.

Romans conquered southern Netherlands 

Romans asked Germanic people to settle in the area.

What is an example of romanisation in the Netherlands?

395 AD. Split of the empire

Discuss in pairs:

What were the differences between the Eastern and the Western Roman empire after they split up?

The Western-Roman empire

•  Language: Latin
• Capital: Rome
• Many fights over the power in Rome
• Ends in: 476 AD
  

The Eastern-Roman empire

• Language: Greeks
• Capital: Constantinople (now: Istanbul)
  
• Ends in: 1453 AD. (Byzantine Empire)

The end.... 

Causes:

• infectious diseases reduce the number of people living in the country, which in turn reduces production and trade. (Example: Coronavirus and China now)
• Migrations.
• Bad emperors who are mainly concerned with their own quarrels (civil wars) and with feasts
• The limes is being neglected
• Germanic peoples succeed in invading the empire by force.

Great migrations

The real end

Vandals --> plunder the city of Rome several times.

In 476 AD, a non-Roman general becomes emperor, with this we (history people) consider that the end of the Roman Empire has come.

What is NOT a cause of the fall of the Western Roman Empire?

1. Pandemics
2. Migration
3. Decreasing amount of soldiers
4. A border conflict with Germanic tribes

Any questions about 4.5 or about your homework?

Succescriteria

You can explain:

•  how Romans and people of the south of the Netherlands treated each other
  
•  how the Rhine became the northern border of the empire
  
•  what influence the Romans had on life in the south of the Netherlands
  
• how the Western Roman empire ended
  

Try to explain the learning goals:

Answer in blue what you know without your learning book

Answer in another colour what you found in your book

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Batavians settled in the Netherlands

The Celts rebelled

The Celts were murdered, expelled or deported by the Romans.

Romans conquered southern Netherlands 

Romans asked Germanic people to settle in the area.