The Fall of Rome

Foreign Factors

The Huns

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Alaric

Odovacer: the slayer of Rome

Fall of Rome:

Domestic and cultural occurences

Federalism

The split

Constantine

Edict of Milan

• Christians had been persecuted per the rules of Roman emperors such as Diocletian and Valerian.

• ...the same shall be restored to the Christians without payment or any claim of recompense and without any kind of fraud or deception...

• Wherefore, for this our indulgence, they ought to pray to their God for our safety, for that of the republic, and for their own, that the commonwealth may continue uninjured on every side, and that they may be able to live securely in their homes.

Conversion of Constantine

Battle of Milvian Bridge

Theodosius

• Fervent Christian who declared the Christian Faith as the official Roman faith in 380 AD.

Disease

• Population:

• 60 million—year one

• 45 million-200 CE

• 40 million-400 CE