chapter 10 notes
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Chapter 10 Notes
o The emperor Constantine reunited the Roman Empire under his sole role
o In 395 the empire was divided into a western and eastern division
o Both halves came under pressure from the westward migrations of the Germanic peoples fleeing a new invader from Asia, the Huns
o Gaul, Britain, Spain, North Africa all fell to various Germanic peoples in the early 5th century
o Rome itself was attacked by the Visigoths in 410
o The last Roman Empire was attacked or deposed of in 476
o Rome’s decline marked more than the end of the mighty empire, it signaled the end of the long era in which the eastern Mediterranean Sea was the center of a group of interrelated societies and economics in Egypt, Syria, Anatolia, and Tunisia
