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Historical Perspectives flash group 7
Late Antiquity: The fall of Western Rome, the beginning of Byzantium
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Undergraduate 2
10/19/2010

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Ostragoths
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Eastern Gothic, they settled in Italy
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Visigoths
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Western Goths. Crossed the Danube when it froze over. Became a part of the foederati.
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Vandals
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Known for their destructive ways. Settled in North Africa from North Central Europe.
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Foederati
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A sort of social class developed by the Romans for Barbarian people groups legally settled within the Roman Empire.
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Adrianople 378
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Visigoths defeated Valens' army in the battle of Adrianople
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Odoacer
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Ostragothic chieftain in 476. Forced Romulus Augustus to leave. Was killed by Theodoric.
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Romulus Augustus
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Last Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
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Justinian
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527-565. Emperor. Regained Italy and N. Africa against the Ostragoths. His wars exhausted the resources of the state. Italy
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Byzantium
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The Eastern Roman Empire. Especially after the Western Roman Empire falls.
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Lombards
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Theodora
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Justinian's Wife
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Nika Revolt
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