Ancient Rome (Part 3) Past Paper PDF
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Evanjelické gymnázium J.A. Komenského
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This document appears to be an incomplete history worksheet or study guide. It covers a range of topics about ancient Rome, including Octavian Augustus, reforms, industry, society, the decline and fall of the empire, including multiple causes for the fall of the empire, and various aspects of Roman history. It may be used for various history purposes including learning ancient Rome, studying historical phenomena, performing research, or general educational use.
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History 2024/2025 VIII Name: _________________________________________________________________________________ Ancient Rome (part 3) Octavian Augustus - the first Roman emperor...
History 2024/2025 VIII Name: _________________________________________________________________________________ Ancient Rome (part 3) Octavian Augustus - the first Roman emperor - the unchallenged ruler of Rome - titles: Augustus = “exalted one” Imperator = “supreme military commander” / = emperor - the reign of Octavian Augustus started the period of relative peace in Rome → Pax Romana = Roman peace - the reforms: - he set up civil service - __________________________________________________ - __________________________________________________ - common coinage was introduced - ____________________________________________ - ____________________________________________ - industry: - __________________________________________________________________________ - trade: - __________________________________________________________________________ - society: - people from all over the world lived in the empire - higher classes lived in luxury - lower classes were poor and unemployed - slavery was the significant part of Roman life - slaves - ______________________________________________________________ - ______________________________________________________________ The Decline and Fall The 2nd century AD - the end of Pax Romana - the crisis started and the Empire declined Multiple causes of the fall of the Roman Empire 1. Economy of the Empire - ______________________________________________________________________________________ - ______________________________________________________________________________________ - ______________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Problems in the agriculture - ______________________________________________________________________________________ - ______________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Army - soldiers became less disciplined and were loyal to their commanders not to the Empire - the Empire recruited mercenaries = foreign soldiers who were paid to fight for the Romans 4. Decisions of the emperors - they tried to restore the order Diocletian - restored the order, created strong empire - claimed descent from Roman gods – he was worshiped like one - believed that empire was too large to be ruled by one man and he divided it: The West – Latin speaking The East – Greek speaking Constantine - __________________________________________________________________________ - __________________________________________________________________________ 5. Invasions - the Empire was attacked by the Germanic tribes that had lived in peace with the Romans for many years - they were called the “barbarians” = “the non-Romans” - they started to invade Western Roman Empire because they were attacked by the Huns - the Germanic tribes were joined by the Huns with their leader ATTILA and they attacked the Romans together - the Roman army was not able to stop them Romulus Augustulus - ______________________________________________________________________________________ - ______________________________________________________________________________________ → the Roman power in the Western part of the Empire disappeared → the Eastern part survived and became the Byzantine Empire
