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
