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What sealed the fate of the roman empire?
There were quite a number of factors which lead to the fall of the western part of the Roman Empire. The most decisive one were the invasions by Germanic peoples who took over its lands. The Vandals and Alans took over northwestern Africa. The Sueves took over the northeast of Spain and the Burgundians took over the east of France. Two other Germanic people, the Visigoths and the Franks, who were already settled in the empire and had been Roman allies took over the rest of Spain and France. The eastern part of the Roman Empire was not affected by these invasions and continued to exist for another 1,000 years. The process of takeover of the lands of this part of the empire did not take place overnight. Another important factor was that with the invasions this part of the empire lost political coherence. There were infighting and usurpations which further weakened the Romans. There also had been a difficulty to recruit enough soldiers for quite some time. This led to the hiring of Germanic soldiers, reliance on the troops of Germanic peoples who were allies of the Romans and Germanic military commanders in the Roman army. These people became militarily crucial and key political players. Some of these military commanders at times became effectively rulers of this part of the empire during its political chaos.
Who were the Germanic tribes in the roman history?
The Germanic peoples were people who spoke Germanic. This is a linguistic group which now comprises German, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian and English. Therefore, these peoples were the ancestors of the people who now speak these languages. They lived in Scandinavia, Holland north of the River Rhine and central Europe. There were migrations into Bohemia (Check Republic) Hungary and parts of Poland. The Visigoths (Goths of the west) Ostrogoths (Goths of the east) migrated from Scandinavia to Poland and then Ukraine. The Visigoths asked the Romans for permission to settle in the lower-Danube area their Empire to escape the invasion Eastern Europe by the Huns and were granted this by the emperor Valens in 376). The Ostrogoth fell under the yoke of the Huns. Some Ostrogoths and Huns invaded an area in the mid-Danube part of the Roman Empire. The emperor Gratian gave permission to stay as allies in 380 and they defended this area form invasions. The rest of the Ostrogoths were allowed to join them after they crushed, together with the Gepids, the Hunnic Empire. The Franks who lived at the mouth of the River Rhine were allowed to settle in Toxandria (Holland south of the Rhine and parts of northern Belgium). The Vandals, Sueves, Burgundians and Alemanni conquered part of the western pert of the Roman Empire. The Alans, who were Iranian-speakers, also invaded. The Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians migrated to England in waves and took it over.
Who are the visigoth?
The Visigoths were the western branch of the Goths. The Goths were original from Sweden and migrated through eastern Europe all the way to Ukraine. When the Huns invaded their land, some of the Goths asked the Roman emperor to allow them to settle in the lower Danube area of the Roman Empire to escape the Huns. This was granted. The rest of the Goths were conquered by the Huns and became their vassals. The Goths in the Roman Empire then came to be called Visigoths (Goths of the west) because at that point they lived further west than the other Goths. The other Goths came to be called Ostrogoths (Goths of the east).
What was Western Europe part of before the middle ages?
Much of Western Europe, perhaps half, was in the Roman Empire or West Roman Empire. The rest of it was in tribal lands and small kingdoms.
Why is English called a germanic language?
Because it is closely related to German and the other Germanic languages. English is a descendant of Anglo-Saxon, the language which developed out of that spoken by a number of tribes from what is now northern Germany. Those tribes moved to Britain in large number when the Roman Empire let Britain go. They moved to Britain with the agreement of the remaining ex-Romans in Britain to act as protectors, but soon ended up in conflict. The ex-Roman Britons were pushed back to what is now Wales and Cornwall, and the Anglo-Saxons took the rest of England. Their German ancestry was forgotten by anyone who wasn't a historian. The descendants of the Anglo-Saxons eventually also conquered Cornwall (making it part of England) and Wales (which retained more of its own identity) The descendants of the ex-Roman Britons are now known as the Welsh, those of the Anglo-Saxons are known as the English.
Which countries did the Roman Empire invade?
Rome was a city-state. The rest was its empire, so the countries which Rome invaded were those which it incorporated into its empire in Western Europe and around the Mediterranean Sea.
What was Pompeii's lifestyles?
The same as the rest of the Roman empire really, basically the same as Rome in it's traditions and ways.
Who did Romans conquer in northwestern Europe?
Northwest Europe was home to the Celtic tribes during the early Roman period. Julius Caesar conquered the Celtic tribe called the Gauls in what is now France. Before Roman power developed, the Gauls were expanding in Europe, extending there territory to central Turkey, where they were called the Galatians. Later Romans conquered the southern part of Great Britain, while German tribes moved into eastern, central, and then western Europe. During most of the rest of the western Empire, the Romans were fighting the Germans, often using German mercenaries. German tribes called Angles and Saxons conquered southern Great Britain, driving a tribe called the Bretons from England to the part of France now called Brittany. A Germanic tribe called the Franks settled in northwestern Europe and became the power in the area as Roman power faded.
Which part of the Roman Empire Gaul Carthage Alexandria and Rome wasn't as powerful as the rest?
Carthage was a settlement for retired soldiers.
What group did not occupy Mesopotamia?
Mesopotamia came under the control progressively of the Assyrian Empire, the Babylonian Empire, the Persian Empire, the Macedonian Empire, the Roman Empire, etc etc up to today's Iraq. All the rest of the world did not occupy Macedonia.
What body of water sepparated Britain from the roman empire during the roman times?
Britain was separated from the rest of the empire by the English channel, the same strip of water that separates Britain from Europe today.Britain was separated from the rest of the empire by the English channel, the same strip of water that separates Britain from Europe today.Britain was separated from the rest of the empire by the English channel, the same strip of water that separates Britain from Europe today.Britain was separated from the rest of the empire by the English channel, the same strip of water that separates Britain from Europe today.Britain was separated from the rest of the empire by the English channel, the same strip of water that separates Britain from Europe today.Britain was separated from the rest of the empire by the English channel, the same strip of water that separates Britain from Europe today.Britain was separated from the rest of the empire by the English channel, the same strip of water that separates Britain from Europe today.Britain was separated from the rest of the empire by the English channel, the same strip of water that separates Britain from Europe today.Britain was separated from the rest of the empire by the English channel, the same strip of water that separates Britain from Europe today.
What was Europe like after the roman empire fell?
The Roman Empire's fall left Europe vunerable to the savage attacks of the Vikings and the tribes from the east. Christianity took over for some time, and then the Barbarian tribes from the east came into the west and moved the people further west-ward. After some time, the Vikings came down from the North and first attacked Lindisfarne and then the rest of the monastaries or what not. This era is called the Medieval Era and it goes on for hundreds of years.
