Title: The Fall of Rome's Empire: Timeline of Events That Led to the Decline of Rome - BrightHub Education
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The Fall of Rome's Empire: Timeline of Events That Led to the Decline of Rome
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A Chronological Listing of Events Leading up to the Fall:
Contributing Factors to The Decline
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Content: 330 AD - Constantine moved the capital of the eastern empire to Byzantium, a Greek city, and renamed it Constantinople. 337 AD - Death of Constantine. Again, there was civil war until Theodosius I took Constantine’s place. The same problems continued in the empire and had a greater impact in the western half. Theodosius ruled that the empire be split in two upon his death. He believed this would alleviate the empire’s difficulties. Late 300s AD - Germanic tribes begin to enter the Roman Empire. Some were in search of wealth, better lands, and a warmer climate; the majority, however, were fleeing ferocious warriors from central Asia known as the Huns. Most tribes comprised numerous warrior groups only loosely connected by language.