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III
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The Fall of Empires
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206B.C.
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476A.D.
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3rd Century B.C. - 5th Century A.D.
People to Know
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Vocabulary
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Vocabulary
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Unit Guide
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NEED TO KNOW
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From a small town to a thriving city, Rome wasn't built in a day. Over time the world's first republic grew and prospered under the power of the Senate & a powerful military that expanded Roman culture by the sword on the road to power & glory.
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NEED TO KNOW
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The ambition of a few of the greatest men that Rome ever produced along with political strife and a series of civil wars help lead to the slow painful death of the Republic in Rome's epic game of "king of the mountain."
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NEED TO KNOW
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Now an Empire, Rome's glory shines bright for the first 200 years as it expands and conquers territory; however, this expansion will stretch the empire to its limits as internal and external problems began to form cracks in the mighty empire.
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NEED TO KNOW
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After 300 years of persecution, Christianity begins to take root in many parts of the Roman Empire. As Christianity rises and spreads in the still prospering East, the West is continuously invaded by barbarians that prove too much for the once mighty empire and leads to its eventual downfall.
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