Title: Constantine and the Fall of Rome - Mr. Dowling.com
Headings: Constantine and the Fall of Rome
Constantine and the Fall of Rome
Constantine and the Fall of Rome
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Content: The Turks brought their faith in Islam to Constantinople and converted many Byzantine churches to mosques. Constantinople is now known as Istanbul, Turkey. While the empire continued in the east, the city of Rome was under attack. Visigoth warriors overran “the Eternal City" in 410CE. One of them, named Odoacer, made himself emperor of Rome in 476. The city of Rome continued to exist, but the Western Roman Empire dissolved into many small kingdoms. Western Europe fell into a period of war and disease known as the “ Dark Ages ." Then, after about 1000 years, the region experienced a “rebirth" known as the Renaissance. The Renaissance was an era of invention and discovery that saw art, architecture, and science thrive. The people of the Renaissance revered the achievements of the ancient Greeks and the Romans.