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plague
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an epidemic disease
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inflation
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rapid increase in prices
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Huns
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invaders from Asia who moved into Eastern Europe and put pressure on the Germanic Visigoths in the 2nd half of the 4th century AD
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Visigoths
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Germans who moved south and west, crossing the Danube River into Roman territory, and settled down as Roman allies (after being invaded by Huns)
Revolted against Rome in 378 AD and defeated Rome in 410 AD |
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Danube River
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river that Visigoths crossed to get into Rome
North of Greece, East of Gaul, and West Asia Minor |
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Vandals
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people who poured into Southern Spain and Africa and crossed into Italy from Northern Africa in 455 AD and sacked Rome
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Romulus Augustulus
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Roman western emperor who was killed by the Germanic head of an army in 476 AD
taken as fall of the Western Roman Empire |
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Byzantium
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place where new capital city was built by Constantine (called Constantinople - now in modern day Turkey as Istanbul)
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Bosporus
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place where new capital was built on the shore of the Black Sea by Constantine (city called Constantinople)
Constantinople was developed for defensive reasons and because it was an excellent strategic location |
