Define
inflation: increase in prices 


Identify
Diocletian: a strong-willed army leader and son of a slave. Ranked one of Rome's greatest emperors.
Constantine: four rivals were competing for power and he was one of the young commanders. Ranked one of Rome's greatest emperors. 
eastern empire: Greek speaking, Greece, Asia, Minor, Syria and Egypt. Included most of the great cities and trade centers of the empire. 
western empire: Latin speaking, Italy, Gaul, Britannia,  and Spain.
Edict of Milan: the man who made Christianity a religion that was approved  by the emperor. 
Constantinople: thus, the center of empire shifted from west to east, there was a new capital that was protected by massive walls and gleamed with stately buildings. They city even had a new name Constantinople. 
Huns: central people from Asia.
Attila: The Huns became more dangerous under their new leader, Attila.
Leo I: the first powerful pope of Rome.


Questions:
1. During the Pax Romana, trade flowed over routes patrolled by roman navies and armies. trade was disrupted by barbarian raids and by bands or pirates on Mediterranean sea lanes. Romans paid out a fortune in gold and silver every year for imported luxuries they craved. 


2. Tribes of northern barbarians called Goths repeatedly overran the legions guarding the Danube frontier. Syrian and Asia Minor were threatened by Persia. Roman soldiers now fought strictly for money not for patriotism. To attract recruits into the army, the government promised ever high cash awards. 


3a. He out a Christian symbol on his soldiers' shields. 
3b. End to the persecution of Christians. From Milan, he granted "both to the Christians and to all men freedom to follow the religion that they choose." In 395, the emperor theodosius made christianity the empire's official religion. 


4a. The third phase of Rome's decline was a century of destruction beginning in A.D. 376 and ending in 476. Many different groups took part in Rome's destruction: Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Franks, Angles, Saxons, Burgundians, Lombards, and Vandals. thought fearless fighters, the Germanic tribes were terrified of the Huns, a nomadic people from central Asia. 
4b. When the Huns began to move west, they began the massive movement of Germanic peoples that eventually destroyed the western half of the Roman empire. 


5. Some reasons why Diocletian should be considered a successful emperor because he doubles the size of the roman armies, the costs were fixed for everything from a haircut to a bottle of wine, and ordered a general persecution of the  Christians. Some reasons reasons why he might be considered a failure is the wages for the new troops added to the already crushing load of taxes, price controls failed and even when he lived, his plans failed.