-Rules from 284-303
-It's cool to persecute Christians
-Rome needs a big army
-Rome needs a big government
Constantine
-Rules from 306-337
-It's cool to BE a Christian
-Converted to Christianity
-Built a new capital, Constantinople
The Struggle Of The Peasants
-Country dwellers are going bankrupt from tax collectors
-New farming system where peasants work for elite landlords
-Paying off debt for endless back breaking work in the fields
-Foreshadowing Feudalism
The Western Roman Crumbles
-Romes power is decreasing while nomadic barbarians are gaining more
-Huns migrate from China to Rome
-Franks in Gaul
-Ostrogoths in Italy
-Anglos and Saxons in Britain
-Visigoths in Spain
-Vandals controlled Carthage
End Of An Era
-500 BC the monarchy is abolished
-490 BC the twelve tables
-44 BC end of Julius C.
-27 BC Pax Romana
-The last emperor was a teenage boy installed by his father in 475
-Barbarians disposed of Romulus Augustulus without killing him
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