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Entering The Dark Ages fter the prestigious and advanced civilizations of Rome and Greece, the Dark Ages were soon to follow. This was a time of social decline. Many things are noted with the Dark Ages. Such things include disease, lack of ethics, war, and torture. Most of these things in some way can be traced back to the falling of Greece and Rome. The Black Plague is what took over Europe. Said to have been started by an infected rat, it took out roughly one third of Europe's population in about three or four years. That is what set the tone for the rest of the Dark Ages. The Inquisition was also a negative thing of the Dark Ages. Morals and ethics were clearly gone, as the church would torture and kill people because 'they were withces'. This could have been seen from the falling of Rome, when the ethics of the empire went downhill. Also, the Dark Ages were full of barbaric invasions. This did not allow the civilizations to keep records anywhere close to Greece and Rome, due to constant fighting, as well as the burning of cities (which would burn written records as well). Also, art and literature almost dropped off of the map at this time. There was not enough free time and such to complete such tasks.
-Rome thought they were the best for many centuries and at one point they were. -They thought very highly of themselves. -Most of the Roman Emporers were scheming, devious, opportunistic, or plainly insane. -There was also many political assassinations and rivarly. - Rome was also getting to big for its politics to handle. -Also Christianity could be blamed for its decline. -Romans also didnt use their money wisely, like spending their money on churches. -There was crime and violence in larger cities. -Also money was wasted on entertainment. -There was a lot of public health and envirnmental problems going on. -Lead pipes along with blood from fights brought disease to the Romans. -There was politcal corruptions and Emporers were hard to pick. -They had a bad politcal system -Rome had 37 different emperors - 25 of whom were removed from office by assassination -The Romans had a hard time inventing new machines and technology. -The Roman economy suffered because of inflation because they werent getting more gold. -There was not a lot of people with money and had to live in bad places which caused disease. -There was civil war in Italy and the army was pulled back and then the boarders were not being watched. -Germanic hunters and herders began to take over Roman territory. -general Odacer overthrew the last Roman Emporer. -After that Rome couldnt hold its own anymore and just began to fall apart.
- After the 2nd Punic War, Rome became a war machine. -Greece and Rome were not getting along around 200 B.C. -The Romans attacked King Philip V of Macedon, and once they defeated the King, the Romans had control of the Mediterranean. - Also Romans had 3 encounters with the Punic wars. -Tiberius Quinctius Flaminius took over Greece and Macedon. -Tiberius tried to sabotage the treaty in the senate. -Tiberius went to war with Philip and won and militarily dominated Greece. -Roman troops were taken out of Greece. -Greeks were now free. -Rome still kinda controlled what Greece did -Rome went to war with Antiochus III, king of Syria. -Antiochus went into Thrace. -Rome beat Antiochus. -Rome was now involved in many places and only contiuned to keep growing. - In 168 Rome stepped in to prevent Antiochus IV from invading Egypt from Syria. -There was no invasion. -Rome influenced politics in the Hellenistic world. -Roman's were greatly influenced by Greek cultures like theater and religion. -Rome at this time basically wanted to rule the world. -Macedonia became a Roman province after the king was deposed for revolt. -in 146 Rome demolished Corinth, which was one of the greatest Greece cities. -After that the Greek empire was falling and Rome was its ruler. -
The Fall of Greece
Fall of Rome
