Test Tomorrow 

Two Emperors

• Diocletian
• Ruled from 284 - 303
• Persecuted Christians
• Tried to scare people out of being Christian
• Made a bigger army and government
• Didn't have enough money for the bigger army and government
• His solution was to divide the Roman empire in half
• Western empire and Eastern empire 

• Constantine
• Ruled from 306 - 337
• Believed in Christianity
• 313 - Edict of Milan
• Freedom of worship
• Built a new capital in the East named Constantinople

The Struggle of the Peasants

• Country dwellers were getting bankrupted by taxed
• New farming system
• Peasants work for elite landlords on large farms
• Landowners can hold local power as counts and bishops

The Western Empire Crumbles

• Rome's power is decreasing, while nomadic barbarians gain power
• The Western Empire is too poor and begins to be neglected
• Huns migrate from China to eastern Europe
• Visigoths take over Spain
• Vandals control Carthage and the Western Mediterranean

End of an Era

• From the beginning 
• 500 BC - the monarchy is abolished
• 450 BC - the Twelve Tables are established
•  through the glory days
• 44 BC - end of the line for Julius Caesar
• 27 BC - the Roman Peace (Pax Romana)
• To the bitter end
• Constant fifth century invasions by barbarian tribes left the western Roman Empire shattered and crumbling
• The last emperor was a teenage boy in 475 by his father
• Barbarians deposed Romulus Augustulus without killing him