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15 Cards in this Set
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Middle Ages
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The Middle Ages are those years between the ancient world and the modern period.
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Constantine I
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First Emperor of Rome to become a Christian.
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Byantium
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Constantine I moved the capital of the Roman Empire to Byantium and renamed it Constantinople.
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Arianism
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Theological view taught by Arius, a priest from Alexandria, Egypt.
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Goths
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A Germanic tribe who were partially responsible for destroying the West Roman Empire in A.D. 400's. They were probably the first Germanic peoples to become Christians.
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Attila the Hun
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A king who united the huns. He was feared and nicknamed the "Scourge of God."
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Huns
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A wandering and warlike Mongoloid people. They invaded the Roman Empire.
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Vandals
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Reached the peak of their power under the Vandal king Censeric. They invaded northern Africa, and conquered a number of Roman provinces and established a strong kingdom.
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Franks
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A Germanic people that attacked the Roman Empire beginning in the A.D. 200's.
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Visigoths
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The Goths north of the lower Danube (westerm Goths)
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Ostrogoths
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The goths north of the Black Sea (eastern Goths)
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Alaric
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A Visigoth king
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Theodoric
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An Ostrogoth(East Goth)king who won the praise of both barbarians and Romans
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Lombards
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A Germanic tribe that conquered much of Italy in the late A.D. 500's and treatened the political power of the popes
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Odoacer
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The Germanic leader who overthrew the last emperor of Rome in the West, ending the West Roman Emperor.
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