Transcript Rome’s Fall - St Olaf College

Late Antiquity
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Marcus Aurelius (right)
Commodus
potestas/auctoritas
Diocletian
dominate
comes
coloni
Commodus; Diocletian
Questions:
1. How does Berger characterized the two contrasting views of the
period covered by this chapter: the "fall of Rome" vs. "late
antiquity"?
2. Describe some of the symptoms of political and economic chaos
that plagued the third century. What was the underlying source?
3. What are the differences between the principate and the
dominate? In what ways are they in continuity with each other?
4. What innovations of Diocletian put an end to the Empire's long
period of crisis?
Diocletian’s Empire
Questions (cont.)
5.
How did the tradition of public service in the provinces change
over time, and why? What was the effect on the Empire?
6.
How did the pattern of self-sufficient villas affect the Roman
economy?
7.
What changes occurred between the second and the fourth
centuries in the supplying of the army? What was the effect of
these changes on the Empire?
8.
How did the culture of the Empire change over time?
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