1. Objective:
• Rotating through the
upheaval of Rome’s demise

2. Speed
dating Station of Rome…
style!!!
Quick…
but Mrs. Stryjak
Quick… they aren’t in
Quick!! order….
ROME FALLS
The end of the mighty Empire!

3. The Fall of Rome
 Main Idea # 1: The Last Attempts to Save Rome
 Main Idea # 2: The Germanic Tribes
 Main Idea # 3: The Huns V the Germanics
 Main Idea # 4: Problems between the Germanic
Tribes and Rome
 Main # 5: The Germanic Tribes Vs. Rome

4. The Last Attempt to Save Rome
 Theodosius takes over control after Constantine
passes away and he gains control of Rome and
calms it down. He realizes it is hard to rule Rome
so he splits it in half
 West = Rome
 East = Constantinople

5. Germanic Tribes
 From the marshes and forests of Northern Europe
 Do they look familiar?
German
Tribes after
Rome:
Ostrogoths
Visigoths
Franks
Vandals
Angles
Saxons

6. Visigoths Darcan German
Franks Ostrogoths Anglo - Saxons

7. Germanic Tribes
 If you were a Germanic Tribe why would
you try to take over and battle the
undefeatable Romans?
 Location is key? Why is Rome valuable?
 Looking for warmer climate for their crops
 Good grass lands for their cattle
 Running from the Huns who are trying to kill
them

8. The Huns
•Equestrian Nomads from
Mongolia
•That were looking for
different places to settle

9. Germanic Tribes VS the Huns
 The Huns defeated some Germanic
tribes making them scared.
 The Visigoths ask Rome for protection
 Rome gives them protection
 What do you think is going to happen??

10. Problems between the Germanic
Tribes and Rome
 Rome takes advantage of the Visigoths
 Pay lots of money for food
 Become slaves for Romans

11. Germanic Tribes
Vs. Rome
 Visigoths rebel against
the Romans
 In 378 the Romans are
beaten for the first time
ever!
 Rome must give land to
the winning Visigoths

12. The Germanic Tribes Vs. Rome
 Imagine this situation. The school bully ( a really
mean kid that could more than likely kick your
butt at any moment) asks you to do his
homework and pay for his lunch for the next two
weeks. No teacher, administrator, or parent
believes you. What do you do?
 Now after weeks of doing his homework, you see
the bully crying because he stumped his toe in the
hall. Now what do you do?

13. The Germanic Tribes Vs. Rome
 Germanic Tribes know
Rome can’t defend
itself …so what do
they do?
 Some Germanic Tribes
start crossing into
Rome

14. The Germanic Tribes Vs. Rome
 The winter of 406 is especially cold, what will
happen to the Rhine River?
 Freezes and seven tribes come into to Rome to
invade it and take over!


15. Visgoths*** Angles
Ostogoths Saxons
Vandals*** Huns
Franks

16. The Germanic Tribes
Vs Rome
 Visigoths
 Capture Rome and burn important records and
take all the money from the treasury
 First time Rome has been captured in 800 years.
 Many citizens flee to Constantinople

17. The Germanic Tribes
Vs. Rome
 Vandals
 Conqueror Spain and Africa
 455 they sail to Italy
 They come to Rome enslave many Romans
 They strip Rome of anything valuable and destroy
everything else
 Vandals = Vandalism (willful
destruction of property)

18. The Germanic Tribes Vs Rome
 Western Rome- Germanic leaders are put in charge
of parts of the government and army
 Take control of Rome
by killing 14 year
old emperor
 Ends Rome as the
capital
 Western Rome and
the Empire are no more
 Still keep many
traditions & language
of Rome

19. The Germanic Tribes
Vs Rome
 Eastern Rome- Prospered and became known as
the Byzantine Empire with Constantinople become
the “New Rome”
 Many of the wealthy
of Rome came to
live here
 Start to follow many
Greek traditions &
language

23. Name something that you have
seen lately that reminds you of
Rome.