Exercises on the Fall of the Roman Empire

In the process that brought about the end of the Western Roman Empire, the Germanic peoples played a key role in weakening the power of Rome. Select the alternative that contains the name of a people that was NOT involved with the Germanic invasions:

a) Etruscans

b) heruli

c) alamanians

d) vandals

e) Visigoths

Historians consider the year 476 AD as a landmark for the breakup of the Western Roman Empire. What happened on that date that marked the breakup of the Roman Empire?

a) The attack of the Huns, led by Attila, on the city of Rome.

b) The dismissal of Emperor Romulus Augustus after the conquest of the city by the Heruli.

c) The transfer of the capital from Rome to Avellino by order of Constantine.

d) The foundation of the city of Constantinople.

e) The transfer of the members of the Roman Senate to Constantinople.

The breakup of the Western Roman Empire that led to its ultimate end in 476 AD. It was the result of a combination of events. There are reasons used to explain this fact, except:

a) crisis of the slave system

b) economic crisis

c) civil war between Rome and Constantinople

d) Germanic invasions

e) corruption

How does religion explain the rise of rivalry between Romans and Germans?

a) Many Germans converted to Arianism, a belief considered heresy by the Roman Catholic Church.

b) The Romans had abandoned paganism and embraced Christianity, which mobilized the Germans against Rome.

c) Rome ordered the execution of priests of a pagan religion who had been sent by the Franks to Hispania.

d) The Huns invaded the city of Rome and attacked the Holy See in an act that created a revanchism of the Romans against all Germans.

e) Religion does not explain the rivalry between Romans and Germans, since both were pagans.

LETER A

The Etruscans had no involvement with the Germanic invasions. These people already inhabited the Italian Peninsula when the city of Rome was founded in 753 BC. The Etruscans even came to dominate the city of Rome at some point in the monarchic period and were responsible for appointing kings in the city. They were conquered by the Romans around the 1st century BC. during the republican period.

LETER B

The landmark raised by historians was the conquest of the city of Rome by the Heruli and the dismissal of Emperor Romulus Augustus by Odoacer, king of the Heruli, one of the Germanic peoples. This event took place on the quoted date, 476 A.D.

LETER C

There was never a civil war between Rome and Constantinople. The breakup of the Roman Empire was an event caused by a number of factors, such as corruption and the struggle for power in Rome, the crisis of the slave system and the subsequent crisis of the Roman economy, the weakening of the Roman army and the constant attacks carried out. by different Germanic peoples.

LETER A

Religion was not directly responsible for the breakdown of the Roman Empire, but it was a factor that added to several others, which in their own way interfered and expanded the crisis of the Roman Empire. In the case of religion, it can be argued, for example, that the rivalry between the Romans and some Germanic peoples was amplified because some Germanic peoples converted to Arianism, which was considered a heresy by the Roman Catholic Church.