Roman Empire & Germanic Tribes 9/29

france to russia

prior to the tribes invading france, they lived in these regions

middle ages

ranged from 500-1500 AD

valens

roman emperor that have the visogoths permision to come in hope that the men would join the army

angles/saxons

settled in modern day england, england is names after this tribe, all people of english descent have this blood in them

lombards

small tribe who settled north of italy. know for having long beards, scared the romans by their burly appearance

land in s. gaul

what did the romans give the visogoths to keep peace?

the huns

who forced the germanic tribes out of their lands and into rome?

Pope Leo

worried about charlemagne gaining too much power so he crowned him emperor of the roman empire to make him look like a more noble figure. he did this on christmas eve

franks

largest and most powerful tribe, settled in the land of the franks;france, first germanic tribe to accept christianity,lead by charlemagne

goths

made of the visogoths (western) and ostrogoths (eastern). peaceful people who asked to enter rome in fear that the huns would kill them. many of them farmers

charlemagne

means charles the great, large man, reunited western europe,best frankish king, promoted education, christianity, and united roman and tribal people

franks and goths

most menacing tribes during the rule of marcus aurelius

burgundians

non christian people who settled in the south of france. created red wine and became well known for it.

battle of the catalonian plains

one of the bloodiest battles in world history. the huns fought against the combined powers of the romans and other germanic tribes. ended in the huns retreating, but not a loss.

Attila

the most powerful leader of the huns. during his rule, the huns were given land, later to be called hungary. married a young bergundian princess, and died the night of his wedding from a bloody nose.

cattle trade

the standard of value for the tribes

carolingian dynasty

751-987 AD, ended when charlemagne died, described the rule of the great charles mutel and charlemagne

Huns

a large, powerful asiatic tribe that drove germanic tribes western, into the roman empire. they were good on horseback, used reflex bows, ate raw meat, had dark features and asian eyes.

crowning of charlemagne

doing this crowning brings together roman culture, germanic tradition, and christianity which would become the base of the middle ages

rhine and danube rivers

established as the northern borders after the romans were attacked by germanic tribes

ostrogoths

first tribe to fall against the huns

vandals

german speaking tribe, senseless people who destroyed everything in their path after using it. they would raid homes, villages, towns and kill people. migrated to roman spain and settled in north africa

visogoths

germanic tribe that asked to enter the empire in fear of the huns

476 AD

the designated year of the fall of the roman empire

adrianople, turkey

the location at which the visogoths defeated the romans

372 AD

the year the huns began to threaten the germanic tribes

5th century 200-400 AD

the years in which the roman empire weakened and declined

economic, military, social problems

three internal problems that contributed to the decline of the roman empire

alaric

visogoth leader that lead attacks on the city of rome