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The Fall of Greece and Rome
-treated their empire as the world -internal pressure and invasions from outside forces -Christianity lead to pacifists which made it harder to defend from outside attacks -crimes and violence -emperors wasting money -spread of diseases from colloseum -lead pipes that brought water to cities. -ineffective way of choosing new emperor
- unemployment; many unsuccessful farmers -iflation, urban decay, military spending -miliarty spending led to less money for other things such as healthy living conditions. -when one thing went wrong, so did more things which led to the collapse of Rome. -Rome would try to handle it's difficults but int he end it became too much. _Rome faced a civil war and left it's borders open to attack - German barbarians kept attacking until Rome eventually fell -
-At first, Rome wasn't even concerned with the Hellenistic powers, Rome was too concerned with problems of it's own. It wasn't until Carthage, under the leadership of Philip V, almost destroyed Rome that the Romans became worried. Philip V and Antiochus III were both empire builder and Rome became suspicious. This lead to the Second Macedonian War. The Romans were lead by Flaminius and eventually won the war. Declared all Greek cities free. The Romans drove Antiochus away from Greece and the Romans were now the protectors of Greece. However, when Perseus took over after Philip V died, it led to a revolution in Greece and the Romans invaded Greece in the Third Macedonian War. The Romans conquered cities and enforced harsh laws.
Greece Falls to Rome
Implosion of Rome
-Roman mistakes helped the Dark and Middle Ages; taught them what is effecttive and what isn't. -decrease in population; from Rome's a million or more to 20,000 in the Middle Ages -No longer one big empire, now smaller areas -The Dark and Middle Ages did follow the Romans and had warfare, the different social classes and farming techniques. -There was also religion, law and religion set up during this time
Downfall Factors of Greece and Rome set scene for Dark and Middle Ages
GREEKS: -Architecture: they worked with marble and today we have building that were constructed with marble, for example the white house. -Language: The Greeks had a language very similar to ours -Olympiccs: were held to honor the god Zeus, today we still have the Olympics -Theater: Many plays were performed in theaters in which many people attend, today we can go to movie theaters, it's the same basic concept. -Mathematics: Greeks created many mathematical concepts that we still use today, for example: Calculus & The Pythagorem Theorem
Connections to Today
ROMANS: -Built temples for gods, today we have churchs for worship -Art and architecture varied and had many different styles because of size of empire and the cultures within the borders.; today, the United States is composed of people of different cultures and we each have our own distinct forms of our and have unique styles. -Roman Numerals was the number system in Rome, today we still use Roman Numerals -Infrustructure, today we have an organized government system in which every four we elect a president.
