Day 6

Questions:

1. inflation- A drastic drop in the value of money coupled with a rise in prices.

mercenary- Foreign soldiers who fought for money.

Diocletian- a strong-willed army leader, became the new emperor. He ruled with an iron fist and severely limited personal freedoms.

Constantinople- A new name for the city of Byzantium, or the city of Constantine.

Attila- A powerful chieftain, with his 100,000 soldiers, Attila terrorized both halves of the empire.

3. Inflation, decline of agriculture economy, growing population, loss of patriotism, mercenaries, economy fall, reached limit of expansion, taxes were raised. The economy was the most important because, it affected everything else.

4. He ruled with an iron fist and fixed previous problems, split the empire in half and ruled the Eastern part, doubled the size of the Roman army.

5. They were fleeing the Huns, who had moved into their lands and began destroying everything. When they were running away from the Huns, the Germanic people moved through the Roman provinces of Gaul, Spain and North Africa.