Exam 7: The Transformation of the Roman Empire, 284-600 C.E

Based on this map, which of the following districts would have been the most vulnerable to invasion by Germanic peoples? ​ ​

How did the dominate's emperors take cues for their style of ruling from the Sasanid Empire in Persia?

Which group did Diocletian and his co-rulers persecute in response to the crisis at the close of the third century?

The Visigoths and the Franks were the first of the Frankish tribes to have written codes of law. What language were their laws written in?

How did the development of Christian literature, specifically of the codex, tend to preserve classical literature?

Where did the most important attempt to end doctrinal disputes and clarify Christian orthodoxy take place in the mid-fifth century?

What factor allowed Christianity to become the dominant religion in the course of the fourth century, however gradual the process?

The standard code of monastic conduct in the west that took shape around 540 was known as the rule of Saint

In tribal societies of the fourth and fifth centuries, women

During the transformation of the Roman Empire, becoming a monk and living a life of self-denial was seen as

Monophysitism, Nestorianism, and Arianism were all part of the debate about the

Why did the deposition of the last Roman emperor in 476 by Ostrogothic troops under the command of Odoacer have more of a symbolic than an actual political impact?

Why were many unmarried women throughout the Roman Empire attracted to Christianity in the fourth and fifth centuries?

The various barbarian tribes that moved into the Roman Empire during the fourth and fifth centuries shared both a terror of the Asiatic Huns, who had invaded eastern Europe in the fourth century, and

Scholars under the direction of Justinian I produced the Codex (529), the Digest (533), and the Institutes (533), all of which had an enormous impact on European

How did Diocletian respond to the hyperinflation brought on by the civil wars of the third century?

The Angles and the Saxons migrated to which of the following regions? ​ ​

What was Arianism, and how did the Council of Nicaea, called in 325, attempt to resolve the issue?

The doctrine of Arianism stemmed from the belief that

What political and economic reforms did Diocletian initiate to save the Roman Empire, and what were the consequences, both intended and unintended, of these attempts at reform?