THE+FALL+OF+THE+ROMAN+EMPIRE


 * EXPLAIN THESE TERMS RELATING TO THE END OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (200-476 AD)

1. FOEDERATI -** Tribes bound by treaty; they were niether Roman colonies or had Roman citizenship, but they provided their soldiers to fight for Rome if it was needed. (mhu)

- The Huns were a confederation of Central Asian equestrian nomads who established an empire in Eurasia. (aly)
 * 2. THE HUNS**

The Goths destoryed the Romans at the Battle of the Adrianople which killed a significant part of the Roman army. (WCO)
 * 3. THE GOTHS-** were Eastern Germanic tribes. In the third and fourth century, they harried the Roman Empire and later adopted Arian Christianity. In the fifth and sixth century, they divided into the Visigoths and the Ostrogoths. (dmc)

The Visigoths were led by Alaric I and were the first army to defeat Rome in an eight hundred year period. (rsc)
 * 4. __VISIGOTHS__** - One of the two main branches of the Goths, the East Germanic Tribe. They helped sack Rome in A.D. 410. (mhu)


 * 5. OSTROGOTHS- Were a branch of the Goths. An Eastern Germanic Tribe that played a major role** in the political events of the late Roman Empire. (dmc)


 * 6. THE BATTLE OF ADRIANOPLE-** August 9th,378-This battle was fought by the Roman army and the gothic rebels.(dbe)


 * 7. VALENS-Flavius Julius Valens** is his full name and his brother,Valentinian I, gave him the entire eastern part of the empire.(dbe)

the stem of limes is limit so The Limes where the limits of Rome.(dbe)
 * 8. THE LIMES-the border defense of Ancient Rome(dbe)

9. THE TETRARCHY-**any system of government where power is divided between four people. (dmc)


 * 10. DIOCLETIAN - He began ruling in 284 A.D where he forbib his people to practice the religion of Christianity; he confiscated churches, land, and civil rights that belonged to the Christians. (mhu)

11. ALARIC - the leader of the Visigoths. He led his troops into Rome and attacked them three times. Those battles are part of the reason for the fall of the Roman Empire. (kbe)

12. THE SACK OF ROME BY ALARIC - The Sack of Rome occured in 410 AD. The city was attacked by Visigoths. This was the first time Rome had fallen to any enemy in eight hundred years. (maus)

13. GEISERIC - Geiseric the Lame was king of the Vandals and Alans during A.D. 428 to 477. He played a major role in the destruction of the Roman Empire. (mhu)

14. VANDALS- The Vandals were an East Germanic tribe that entered the Roman Empire in the late fifth century. The Vandals are perhaps best known for their sack on Rome in 455. (mwi)

15. ROMULUS AUGUSTULUS - Also known Romulus Augustus**. **He was the last Western Roman Emperor reigning from 31 October 475 to 4 September 476. The end of his rule marked the fall of the Western Roman Empire, Ancient Rome and the begining of the middle ages in Europe.(bre)**