FALL of ROME
QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER
1. Did plagues reduce the population to the point it could not sustain itself?
2. Did civil wars lessen the strength of the empire and weaken the population?
3. Did the army lose its discipline and thus endanger the empire and cause it to be overrun?
4. Did the citizens of Rome become too satisfied and lazy, allowing the empire to crumble due to neglect?
5. Did the empire bureaucracy become too top heavy, eventually causing the empire to collapse upon itself?
6. Did God turn His favor away from Rome due to its sinful nature?
7. Did it fall as the result of barbarian invasions?
8. Did the empire spend too much of its resources on the poor, thus drawing away precious funds from the empire?
9. Was the Roman Empire just too big, making a collapse inevitable?
--Adapted from http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/rome/
EACH GROUP will do the following:
1. research TWO causes for the Fall of Rome.
2. turn in ONE Works Cited (MLA format)
3. turn in ONE INCH of notecards
4. give a 4 6 minute presentation: poster, video, or powerpoint
WEBSITES: FALL OF ROME
Causes: Economic, Military, Gradual Decline
Ancient/Classical History Page: Several good links
Legends, Lies and Cherished Myths about the Fall of Rome - excerpt from t he book by Richard Shenkman