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1
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What did the Late Empire include?

A

a new governmental structure
a rigid economic and social system
new state religion (christianity)

2
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What did the emperor Diocletian do?

A

divided the empire into four administrative units

his military seniority enabled him to claim a higher status and hold the ultimate authority

3
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What did the emperor Constantine do?

A

continued and expanded the autocratic policies of Diocletian’s military seniority

4
Q

What are illustres?

A

illustrious ones

5
Q

What are illustrissimi?

A

most illustrious ones

6
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How many men was the army enlarged to?

A

500,000 men

7
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What was Constantine’s biggest project?

A

the construction of a new capital cit in the east on the site of the Greek city of Byzantium on the shores of the Bosporus.
Eventually renamed Constantinople (modern Istanbul)

8
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Why was it developed?

A

defensive reasons.

it had an excellent strategic location

9
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What did Diocletian do to fight inflation?

A

restored to issuing a price edict in 301 that established maximum wages and prices for the entire empire, but despite severe penalties, it was unenforceable and failed to work

10
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What did the emperors issue that forced people to remain in their designated vocations?

A

edicts

11
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What kinds of jobs became hereditary?

A

basic jobs such as bakers and shippers

12
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What were the economic and social policies of Diocletian and Constantine based on?

A

an unprecedented degree of control and coercion

13
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What were the ferocious warriors from Asia known as?

A

Huns

14
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Who may the Huns have ben related to?

A

Xiongnu, the invaders of the Han Chinese empire

15
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Who did the Huns put pressure on?

A

Germanic Visigoths

16
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Where did the Germanic Visigoths move?

A

south and west, crossed the Danube into Roman territory and settled down as Roman allies

17
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Where did the Romans attempt to stop the Visigoths?

A

Adrianople

18
Q

Who poured into southern Spain and Africa?

A

Vandals

19
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Where did the Visigoths go?

A

into Spain and Gaul

20
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in 455, the Vandals crossed into Italy and sacked Rome, coming from where?

A

North Africa

21
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What happened 21 years later?

A

the western emperor Romulus Augustulus was deposed, and a series of Germanic kingdoms replaced the Roman Empire in the west while an Eastern Roman Empire continued with its center at Constantinople

22
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Why did the Roman Empire fall?

A

Christianity’s emphasis on a spiritual kingdom undermined Roman military virtues and patriotism
traditional Roman values declined as non-Italians gained prominence in the empire
lead poisoning through leaden water pipes and cups caused a mental decline
plague decimated the population
Rome failed to advance technology because of slavery
Rome was unable to achieve a workable political system