Day 6

Worksheet: Part A:

1.Inflation- A drastic drop in the value of money and a raise in price.

2. The Roman army was in disarray.

3. Diocletian tried to control the inflation rates and he doubled the size of the army.

4. Power moved east and away from Rome. The western Roman Empire survived, but the Eastern Roman Empire fell.

5. Constantinople/Byzantium

6. The first king of the Visigoths. Known for his sack of Rome in 410 A.D. which was an important event in the decline of the Western Roman Empire.

7. A chieftain of the Huns who led 100,00 soldiers into Rome and destroyed all of the Western Roman Empire. Attila and his soldiers destroyed 70 Roman cities and went on to destroy Constantinople but couldn't scale its walls to get in the city.

Part B:

The Roman army was in disarray. The hired mercenaries weren't loyal because of the little amount of money they were getting payed for fighting. This would make it hard for Rome to fend off its attackers which would lead to successful invasions and lead to the fall of the Western Roman Empire.

Book questions:

1.Inflation- A drastic drop in the value of money and a raise in price.

  Mercenary- Foreign soldiers who fought for money.

  Diocletian- A strong-willed army leader who became the emperor of Rome.

  Constantinople- The new capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.

  Atilla- A chieftain of the Huns who invaded Rome with 100,00 soldiers.

3. Weak army, most power moved east, civil war broke out, and inflation rates rose.

4. Controlled inflation rates, made the army bigger, and split power with another emperor because Rome got too big.

5. To get away from the Huns who who were destroying their tribes.