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The Fall of Empires 

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476A.D.
3rd Century B.C. - 5th Century A.D.
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  • Reign of Augustus
  • Reign of Nero
  • Line of Good Emperors
  • Diocletian splits the Empire
  • Reign of Constantine
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THE ROMAN REPUBLIC & THE PUNIC WARS

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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  • Gracchi Brothers
  • ​Marius and Sulla
  • Sulla's Civil Wars
  • First Triumvirate
  • Caesar's Civil War
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DEATH THROES OF THE REPUBLIC

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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  • Reign of Augustus
  • Reign of Nero
  • Line of Good Emperors
  • Diocletian splits the Empire
  • Reign of Constantine
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THE ROMAN EMPIRE

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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  • Crucifixion of Jesus
  • Peter and Paul
  • Persecution of Christians
  • Conversion of Constantine
  • Council of Nicaea
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CHRISTIANITY AND THE  FALL OF THE ROME

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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  • American History
    • American History I >
      • Unit 1 - Worlds Collide
      • Unit 2 - Adolescent Colonies
      • Unit 3 - Seeds of Rebellion
      • Unit 4 - Revolutionary America
      • Unit 5 - The New Nation
      • Unit 6 - Expansion and Reform
      • Unit 7 - Crisis, Civil War, and Reconstruction
      • Unit 8 - The Great West
    • American History II >
      • Unit 9 - The Gilded Age
      • Unit 10 - The Progressive Era
      • Unit 11 - The American Empire
      • Unit 12 - Prosperity and Depression
      • Unit 13 - World War II
      • Unit 14 - Cold War Tensions
      • Unit 15 - Conflicts and Resolutions
      • Unit 16 - Modern America
  • World History
    • Early History >
      • Unit I - Origins
      • Unit II - Ancient Greece
      • Unit III - Rise and Fall of Rome
      • Unit IV - The Age of Faith
      • Unit V - Late Medieval World
      • Unit VI - Renaissance and Discovery
    • Modern History >
      • Unit VII - Crisis of Faith
      • Unit VIII - Revolutionary World
      • Unit IX - Industrial Imperialism
      • Unit X - The Great War
      • Unit XI - World War II
      • Unit XII - Cold War & Globalization
  • AP European History
    • Early Modern History >
      • Unit I - The Rise of Europe
      • Unit II - Rebirth and Exploration
      • Unit III - A Fractured Faith
      • Unit IV - A Question of Sovereignty
      • Unit V - A Shifting Society
      • Unit VI - Revolution
    • Late Modern History >
      • Unit VII - Political Turmoil
      • Unit VIII - Rise of the Nation-State
      • Unit IX - Forging the Modern Era
      • Unit X - Imperialism and the Great War
      • Unit XI - Global Conflicts
      • Unit XII - The Long Peace
  • Current Events