viernes, 22 de mayo de 2009
The Fall of Rome: Huns, Vandals and Aetius
Read the article given in class and answer the following question "Why is the title of the article "The Fall of Rome: Huns, Vandals, and Aetius"? Answer this question in a form of a paragraph, email it to Mrs. Velez zoraida.velez@gmail.com by tonight at 10pm (5.22.09) and then posted on the board by 10pm on Monday, 5.25.09
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I don't think we got this article?
I'm not sure that was a question.
i'm not sure about the question but i tried to figure it out using the fall of rome article we got in class.
The Huns along with many other rebellious civilizations threatened the Roman Empire and this caused upset within the city, mainly with the government so the Romans even fought themselves rather than their enemies. Personal feuds between Generals led to the loss of Africa to vandals (who also caused a great upset in the Empire). Included in the Main Imperial Government were the most capable governor’s Stilicho and Aetius, who both fell victim to rebellions (many people were counting on them and they both lost, so this upset the citizens of Rome even more).
~ Alison Robinson
I think that the title is as such because of a few reasons. The Huns were trying to invade Rome so that the Romans had a hard time keeping organized and civilized. Aetius had been the hostage of the Visigoths and the Huns but liked the Huns. It was said that he understood them better than some of the Romans. Aetius accepted the Vandals into the Foederati but soon after the Vandals continued their attacks in Africa.
- Duncan White
Read the article given in class and answer the following question "Why is the title of the article "The Fall of Rome: Huns, Vandals, and Aetius"? Answer this question in a form of a paragraph, email it to Mrs. Velez zoraida.velez@gmail.com by tonight at 10pm (5.22.09) and then posted on the board by 10pm on Monday, 5.25.09
It could have been quite possibly seen in many eyes of te authors of romans historians of this period that many invaders such as the ones listed in the title were a major cause in the Roman period a=of decline and the ultimate fall of the roman empire. This could have been a common opionion of these historians simply because:
a. Firstly, The growing power of the Huns and excessive preoccupation of Gaul at the expense of Africa and endless palace conspiracies combined to wreck the empire's at last hopes of survival
b. Secondly, Aeutis was a Danubian-born soldier who happened to emerge as Rome's last effective general
c. While A war/ battle was going on with Aetius, the Huns were growing at an alrarming rate. Their empire was expanding more and more. Therefore Africa was being lost. In 429 AD, Galiseric, led his army to the straits of Gibraltar where they continue their massive conquest
Although there are still many many reasons why the author and thru many eyes of Romans this was seen as The three reasonings for the fall of Rome.
Whitney Burney
3rd hour
Alison- Your paragraph was well written. Brief and thorough and I commend you on that
Duncan- You response to this question was very understandable and made lots of sense why these few factors would stick out to the reasoning of the article- In fact mine were pretty similar to that of yours
Whitney Burney
3rd hour
I think this article is called "The fall of Rome: Huns, Vandals and Aetius" because those are some of the major causes of the decline/
fall of Rome.
The Huns were a growing threat to Rome and they helped the Vandals
and Aetius gain control of the government. Attila (co-king of the Huns)invaded Italy and sacked the city of Rome
The Vandal King, Gaiseric, led his people into Africa and gained control of the western African provinces. He soon took control of
Carthage (major supplier of grain to Rome) which was disastrous to the Roman empire.
And lastly, growing threat from the Huns, excessive preoccupation
with Gaul at the expense of Africa and endless palace conspiracies
combined to wreck the empire's last hopes of survival.
Eskira Kahsay
History-1st hour
I believe the article was titled "The Fall of Rome: Huns, Vandals, and Aetius" beceause the article was about how rome fell, due to the Huns, Vandals, and Aetius. The huns were growing in power, causeing a bigger threat to rome, Aetius fought them, and the Vandals went to Africa giving him controll of the vital grain suply to Rome, which was disastrous to them.
Jack FTW
Brittany Buurstra
1st hr
The Huns were a fierce group of people who were a threat to Rome. Aetius was the general who had to deal with all of thes invasions and wars. The Romans were also constantly threatened by Vandals trying to push their way into Italy. The title shows all of what happened to make Rome decline steadily.
I think that the reason the article is titled "THe Fall of Rome; Huns, Vandals, and Aetuis" is because, along with all the economic, socail, and mililtary reasons, they caused the downfall of Rome. They wree fierce groups that attacked Rome and left it for the worst.
~Savannah Smith
Matt Hinkel
3rd Hour
The Huns were the people that were invading Rome and causing havoc there, and they were one of the main reasons the empire eventually fell altogether. Aetius was caught up in feuds in his palace, and because of all of that his attention was drawn away from Africa. Gaiseric, the Vandal king, led 80,000 troops into Africa and controlled all of the western African provinces, including the city of Carthage. That was a devastating blow to the empire. Other problems followed, and the empire eventually crumbled.
The title of this article is called "The Fall of Rome: Huns, Vandals, and Aetius because they all had a role in the downfall of the Roman empire. Aetius was what was believed as Rome's last capable general, understanding both the Visigoths and the Huns. The emperor, Valetinian III was jealous of him because of his many achievements so he personally killed him, leaving Rome to decline and be invaded by the Vandals. The Huns aided Aetius at first, helping him to regain control of the government after battling Boniface and helping him drive off the Burgundians. This changed when Attila could no longer recieve tribute of the Eastern empire, looking towards the West where he insisted that he was engaged to Valentinian III's sister, Honoria, after she sent him a ring with a message for help. He demanded half of the empire as dowry but was refused so he invaded Gaul. The Vandals seemed as if they were in the background waiting for their opportunity to come along. While Boniface and Aetius fought they captured Carthage and began to capture Sardinia, Corsica, and Sicily and in the end sacked Rome after the death of Aetius and Valentinian III.
Sara Spiller 1st Hour
the title is relevant, because they all contributed to the downfall of rome. The huns were attacking, Aetius did a poor job of fighting them off, and the vandals also led conquests of attack into rome. Dylan Hall 3rd hour
I redid my response using the new fall of Rome article that we got in class :D
The Huns continuous threat towards Gaul (important region) was included in the down spiral of the Roman Empire. The Huns were a fierce nomadic people, and even though Rome was praised on having good military strength they were still not prepared for the Huns battle tactics. Gaiseric, the vandal king later captured Carthage (a city also very important to the Roman Empire). Gaiseric then had a fleet and control of a very important grain supply in Rome. Now Rome had no choice but to come to an agreement with the vandals. Aetius, who was Rome’s last effective general didn’t really focus on the bigger problems. While he was fighting in his small successful battles- major cities in the Empire were being lost.
~ Alison Robinson
Read the article given in class and answer the following question "Why is the title of the article "The Fall of Rome: Huns, Vandals, and Aetius"? Answer this question in a form of a paragraph, email it to me by tonight at 10pm (5.22.09) and then posted on the board by 10pm on Monday, 5.25.09
I think it's called The Fall of Rome: Huns, Vandals, and Aetius because AE brought down Rome by using outside enemies of Rome ( the Huns) to help rule it. While he was so busy becoming aquainted with other people the Vandal king Gaiseric was conquering Africa, including Carthage, with ease. Even thoughnAE made a treaty with Gaiseric, Gaiseric continued to extend his power. AE was too concerned with other things to notice.
Later, Atilla (The Hun? :D ) killed his brother in exchange for complete rule as a king and advanced his troops into Gaul (This was due to an inside deal with Valentinian III's sister). For once AE stepped up and met Attilla, with help from the Visgoths, and forced him into defeat. Soon after, AE was killed by Val,, then Val by AE friends. Gaiseric tooked advantage of this turn for the worst, and sacked Rome within 14 days.
De'Andreah Hollowell, 3rd hr
I believe the title describes the article very well. The title has the groups of people, or one person enlisted that had something to do with the downfall of rome. The invasion of the huns, made it hard for the romans to saty civilized and calm. Aetis basically diserted the romans, for the visigoths and the huns. He could relate to these groups of people better than he could with the romans. He let them join the foederati, but soon after they continued killing.
-Jeffery Oard
1st hour
Huns, vandals and Aetius. They all contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire. The Huns were a growing threat. Although they had originally helped Aetius regain control of the government, but under Attila's command the Huns soon turned against Rome using a pitiful excuse.
And so while Aetius was fight Boniface for the throne, Africa was being lost to the Vandals.They took Carthage; a major blow and despite that still managed to call a treaty.
Aetius is said to be the last competent general, despite that, he relied too heavily on the huns and was perhaps not harsh enough with the vandals. So that in the end Rome's fall was quiet and irrelevant. There were palace quarrels and disagreements that eventually somehow became the catalyst.
Ben Nota
Why is the title of the article "The Fall of Rome: Huns, Vandals, and Aetius"?
I believe the article is called the fall of Rome: huns, Vandals, and Aetius because the Huns power was increasing. While Aetius was the last powerful general to know and defeat these barbarians. Then the Vandals took 80,000 men and moved across the Straits of Gibralter into Africa to help them with the down fall in Africa.
Ben Nota
Jack for your answer huh ive never realized that but if you have power you can control the whole world.
Whitney i thought you could of wrote how many men where going to Africa with Gaiseric.
Brittany Buurstra
1st hr
Whitney-you were very descriptive with your answer and it was obvious you understood the three main reasons why Rome fell
Eskira-you summed up the article and three reasons well and the reasons made sense but were easy to understand
1. The Huns were a growing threat to Rome. Attila, king of the Huns, invaded Rome.
2.The Vandals went to Africa and took control of Carthage, who supplied a lot of grain to Rome. This hurt the Roman empire.
3. Aetius, an effective Roman general, was the one who fought the Huns.
Anne Emig 1st Hour
The article was called "The Fall of Rome: Huns, Vandals, and Aetius" because those three played a role in the destruction of Roman civilization. The Huns were a rising power, threatening the Roman empire. Aetius, a Roman general, was once a captive of the Huns (as well as the Visgoths) but it was said that he actually grew to like the Huns and understood their so-called barbaric culture better than that of Rome. While Aetius was busy fighting with Boniface, the Vandals (lead by Gaiseric) occupied Africa and took over Carthage. The loss of such an important trade center was devastating for Rome. Valentinian made a treaty with the Vandals but they continued to expand their empire everywhere but Italy. The Huns attacked Rome and nearly defeated them but Aetius and his army defeated him. Valentinian murdered Aetius for taking the glory, so Aetius's soldiers killed Valentinian. That began Roman's descent, and the Vandals finally invaded Rome and took everything, even gold shingles off of roofs.
Deryn Duesbery
1st hour
The reason that the article was titled "THe Fall of Rome; Huns, Vandals, and Aetuis" is because these three groups invaded Rome and attacked the people there.They caused many problems such as Economic,military and there werew many Social issues that occured.
Niara Riley
Anne - short and to the point. I liked that.
Sara - You really went into detail, good for you :)
Deryn Duesbery
1st hour
Eskira Kahsay:
I liked how your answers were sectioned into three specific parts.
Maria Gonzalez:
I liked that you made your own inferences as well as detailing each reason.
Sara Spiller 1st Hour
I think the title is how it is because the Huns, Vandals and Aetius all contributed to the fall of Rome. Aetius was a hostage by the Visigoths and the Huns. He gained control of the government by the help of the Huns and the Vandals. The Vandal king led an army into Africa and took control of one of the major suppliers of grain to the Romans (Carthage). This eventually led to a downfall in the Roman empire. The Huns were still a growing treat to the empire and eventually invaded Rome. With the Huns invading Rome and Africa slowly being taken over by the Vandals it eventually led to the downfall of Rome.
Sarah Carlson
3rd hour
Read the article given in class and answer the following question "Why is the title of the article "The Fall of Rome: Huns, Vandals, and Aetius"? Answer this question in a form of a paragraph,
I think the title is that because those three things are the leading causes of why Rome fell. The huns invaded Gaul and killed numberless people, then invaded Italy. They made Rome disoranized. The Vandals took Africa. And Aetius is the one power in Rome that tried to stop them, though he too, got killed by the jealous Valentinian III, who was killed by Aetius's former soldiers.
Hanna Shih 3rd hr
The title of this article is called " The Fall of Rome Huns,Vandals And Aetius" because it is about the fall of Rome, how it happened, and what events happened after wards. Rome began to fall when they received an attack by the Huns and shortly after the deaths of Constantius and Honorius; leaving Rome leaderless. Ravenna got her son to throne but hated Aetius, rome's only effective leader left. After a threat by Boniface, Aetius regained control with the help of the Huns. Gaiseric, the Vandal king, captured Carthage and became a threat to rome. Ravenna agreed to a treaty to accept the Vandals and Aetius even promised his 5 year old daughter could marry Gaiseric's son. Soon after, more problems arrised. Attila attacked Gaul becuase Valentnian's sister had an affair with her steward and asked Attila for help. The city was sacked. Visgoths combined forces with Aetius but the Visigoths' king was killed. Attila invaded italy and Aetius went to persuade him to withdraw. Within two years Attila was dead, and Valentinian killed Aetius in jealous rage. Aetius' former soldiers killed Valentinian in turn and the empire made its final decline.
-haley jacoby
The title of this article (“The Fall of Rome: Huns, Vandals, and Aetius”) refers to the major players in the Roman world at the time of Rome’s fall. Aetius was a skilled Roman general, whom Placidia (who was ruling as a regent for her son, Valentinian III) tried to kill through Boniface, the governor of Africa. Aetius lost to Boniface, but Boniface died of his wounds from the battle, and Aetius emerged as a figure of power. The Vandals, led by Gaiseric, crossed the Straits of Gibraltar and conquered Africa (the parts that were significant to Rome), where they remained for a while to consolidate their power. The Huns were not a really big problem until Attila came to power. He demanded and received a tribute from the eastern empire for a while, but when he couldn’t anymore, he attacked the western empire instead. Attila sacked many cities and killed countless people in horrendous ways. Eventually, Attila came into conflict with Aetius. The battle was bloody, but Aetius finally managed to drive Attila away. After that, Attila’s kingdom declined. Aetius was killed by Valentinian III, who was jealous of Aetius’ success, and the Vandals sacked Rome in fourteen days. All but one of the Roman emperors who followed were just puppets controlled by the Germans (the Vandals were from Germany). The one who was not a puppet was killed.
--Marshall King
De'Andreah,
You did a great job of answering the question and not just in one paragraph but in three. :)
Sara,
I think you did a good description.
Sara Spiller: You explained each point clearly, and answered the question completely (and w/ detail) good job!
Alison Robinson: You kept your answers simple and they were very easy to understand...
Good Job
-Eskira Kahsay
History 1st hour
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