End of the Roman Empire

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End of the Roman Empire

Before the holiday

• Jesus preached in Roman Judea

• Kingdom of Heaven

• Peter spread Christianity in Rome

• Christians killed for centuries

• Why did Christianity keep growing?

Recap

• Join the LessonUp

What is a Martyr?

A

Someone who died for their believes

B

A saint who helped the poor

C

A follower of Jesus

D

A christian who did something special

Why was Jesus arrested and killed by the Romans?

Today's goals:

• You can explain why the Western Roman Empire collapsed

• You can explain the confrontation with Germanic tribes

Textbook

• Turn to page 89

• Read together

• Limes

Textbook

• Page 89

• Read together

Germanic tribes

• Batavians in the Netherlands

• Romanisation

• Rome always in conflict with other tribes

https://youtu.be/heFDaSS5I7Y?si=z6u5bAZJvKbLEgXE

Textbook

• Page 90

• Decline and fall of Rome

• Read alone

Answer the question's:

1. Why did Rome stopped getting warloot?

2. Why did Romans rather have powerfull positions within the Church than in the army?

3. Explain why the fall of the empire took decades.

4. Why do you think the Eastern Roman empire survived for longer?

Done? -> Make learning objective 4.9 & 4.10

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Notes:

Grap your notebook and a pen

• No more war loot

• Army became less attractive for Romans

Notes

• Bishop of Rome more important than the emperor

• Goths and Vandals sacked Rome

• 476 Rome got a germanic king, the last emperor deposed (Romulus Augustulus)

Textbook

• Page 91

• Read: Coins, trade and security & the heir of Rome

Answer the questions:

1. Why did people start to melt down the denarius?

2. Explain why trade almost stopped

3. What did the Roman legions that were still left do?

4. Name 2 things that survived even after Rome fell.

Done? -> Learn the Keywords on page 92

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Essence:

• Expension stopped -> so did the money

• Roman leaders preffered a career in the Church

• Germanic tribes set up kingdoms within the empire

• Roman ways, like Latin, survived

• Eastern Empire survived untill 1453

Explain how the end of the expension started the decline of the Roman Empire

Homework

• For friday:

• Learning objective 4.9 & 4.10