Roman Empire: Restoration and Decline – Quiz

1. Diocletian and later emperors greatly expanded the ___________ and ____________, leading to long-term economic inflexibility and a drain of resources.
2. Diocletian reorganized the administrative structure of the Roman Empire, which was to be ruled by four men called the ___________.
3. Identify at least three possible explanations for the fall of the western empire put forward by scholars.
4. The _____________ defeated a Roman army at the Battle of Adrianople and later sacked Rome under their leader _________.
5. The last Roman emperor in the western empire was ____________.
6. Under Diocletian, inflation resulted from what policy?
7. _____________ was the new Roman capital constructed in the eastern empire in the early fourth century.

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1. Army, civil service
2. tetrarchy
3. Undermining of traditional values, corruption, lead poisoning, plague, economic stagnation, political instability, providence
4. Visigoths, Alaric
5. Romulus Augustulus
6. Debasing the currency
7. Constantinople