History // Ancient Greece & Rome
Fall of the Western Roman Empire
Describe how the Western Roman Empire gradually declined due to a combination of factors — military pressure from invading peoples, political instability, economic problems, and an overstretched empire — and finally fell in AD 476, while the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire continued for nearly a thousand more years
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Could the learner explain why the Roman Empire fell apart and tell you that while the western half collapsed, the eastern half kept going for centuries?
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- Name at least two reasons why the Western Roman Empire declined and fell
- State the date AD 476 as when the last Western Roman emperor was removed
- Explain that the Eastern (Byzantine) Empire survived for nearly 1,000 years after the West fell
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