HIST 2200 Lecture 2: lecture 2, sept 11.docx

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: History
• Course: HIST 2200
• Professor: Susannah Ferreira

Document Summary

Medieval history lecture two thursday september 11th 2014. Objective: to explain the reasons for the collapse of the empire and outline difference of. Germanic societies: weaknesses of the late roman empire. *edward gibbon: said it was the fault of christianity and the christian church: size. 90% of people very poor: military, political pressure of rhine-danube border defended my mercenaries without political rights constant usurpations 235-284 civial was left frontier unprotected, division of the empire. Tetrarchy split the empire east and west. Emperor were called agustus/agusti 2nd in command were ceasars . Ceasars then became agusti when the former died and would appoint new c"s. Eastern was more influential = stronger and wealthier. Inequality romans considered all non-romans as barbarians and could not marry. 10-15% of the population were slaves: pressures on the rhine-danube frontier. Traffic jam of barbarian"s was building up on the rhine-danube frontier. The main obstacle for the migrants was not the frontier but the mountains.