1. ROME DBQ
answers

2. Document A Chart listing the Roman Emperors from 235-285 CE
22 (count co-emperors)
Assassination; 13
Insecure and scared
Weak, ready to be invaded, unstable
Violence replaced leadership selection process, government is leaderless, no command or respect from people, unstable

3. Document B
450 CE, primary
Book Concerning Military Matters by historian Vegetius
1982, secondary
Soldiers not doing drills, didn’t wear armor, ran away from fight so they wouldn’t get hurt
Forced military service.
Smaller military, can’t defend empire efficiently…
Weak government + small army = easy target for invasion

4. Document C Map of foreign invasions of the Roman Empire
Foreign invasion routes and groups
Angles, Saxons, Vandals, Huns, Ostrogoths, Visigoths
Shows empire being taken over by various barbarian groups
No armor, smaller armies = easily defeated and invaded

5. Document D
1. Roman History 2. Roman historian CE, primary 4. savage, eat roots and raw flesh, without permanent homes or laws, ungovernable, destructive 5. They are invaders of his home! 6. Rome is at the mercy of barbarian groups like the Huns

6. Document E Roman ambassador 449 CE, primary
Severe taxes, lawbreakers not punished if rich, pay for justice, governors ruining state
Yes. He’s a Roman, has every reason to defend Rome and make it look good but he’s giving a truthful account even if negative
Roman governors were corrupt – rulers from ‘barbarian’ groups were better!

7. Document F
Source is The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon.
secondary
Earthquake, deadly flood. Over 50,000 people died.
World Civilizations: The Global Experience by Peter Sterns, Michael Adas, Stuart Schwartz, Marc Jason Gilbert
2000
Disease called the plague, reduced Rome’s population from 1M to 250,000
Less population = smaller military, morale of empire weak after disasters