Chapter 13 True or False Self-Quiz

. The Visigothic sack of Rome in 410 lasted three weeks and targeted Christian churches.

. The barbarians occupied the west and brought the western Roman empire to an end primarily through a rapid series of crushing military victories in the 470s and 480s.

. In the last quarter of the fourth century, the gap between the rich and poor throughout the empire narrowed to an unprecedented level.

. The reign of Valentinian I was later looked upon as the last Golden Age of the Roman Empire, as there seemed to be no serious internal or external threats on the horizon.

. Some Christian writers explained the fall of Rome by claiming that the disaster was God’s punishment for Christians' immorality.

. The Eastern Goths, who became distinct from the Western Goths, came to be known as the Visigoths.

. By the late fourth century and into the fifth, the eastern empire was increasingly reluctant to subsidize the failing economy of the western empire.

. In the fourth and fifth centuries it became common for barbarians to be named Master of Soldiers.

. Leo, the bishop of Rome, is said to have interned with both Attila the Hun, when he was invading Italy, and Gaiseric the Vandal, when he was looting Rome.

. The most serious barbarian problems in the west were usually in the north, along the Rhine and Danube frontiers.

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