The Fall of The Roman Empire

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The Fall of The Roman Empire

• Internal threats- A group of weak Roman leaders,
  famine and disease spread throughout the empire
  and a weakened economy.

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Internal Threats

• Diocletian divides the empire in two
• The West is ruled from Rome
• The East is called the Byzantine Empire and ruled
  from Constantinople (now Istanbul)

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External Threats

• The empire had been weakened by the internal
  problems, so it came under attack by Germanic
  tribes.
• Rome is captured in 476 A.D. and the empire is
  divided up by the Germanic Tribes in 550 A.D.