To fight to rely on hiring Gemas
under Roman commanders.
3. After Constantine, the empire continued to be divided into
and
parts.
4. In 410 the
sacked Rome. Another group, the Vandals, poured into
southern Spain and Africa. In
they, too, sacked Rome.
5. In 476 the western emperor.
was deposed by the Germanic head of
the army. This is usually taken as the date of the fall of the
6. The Eastern Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, continued to thrive with its center at
virtues.
declined as non-Italians gained
7. The theories proposed to explain the decline and fall of the Roman Empire include:
A. Christianity's values weakened Roman
B.
Traditional Roman
prominence.
C.
Lead poisoning from leaden water pipes and cups caused a
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