Collapse of Rome 2

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Across
  1. 3. Last emperor of the Western Roman Empire
  2. 6. Medieval ruler crowned Emperor of the Romans in AD 800
  3. 7. Term used by multiple sources to describe Rome’s internal decay
  4. 8. Capital of the Western Empire at the time of its fall
  5. 9. Term for barbarian troops granted land in exchange for service
  6. 11. Year the Western Roman Empire officially ended
  7. 14. General who deposed the final Western Roman Emperor
  8. 15. Legal system that became the foundation of many European laws
  9. 17. Recurring internal conflicts weakening the Roman state
  10. 19. Eastern emperor who accepted the end of the Western Empire
Down
  1. 1. Eastern Roman Empire that continued for nearly a millennium
  2. 2. Capital of the Eastern Roman Empire
  3. 4. Faith that became Rome’s spiritual legacy and social glue
  4. 5. Historian who wrote that Rome’s name and laws survived despite its fall
  5. 10. Work by Augustine interpreting Rome’s fall in spiritual terms
  6. 12. Hired soldiers from outside Rome, often disloyal
  7. 13. Language that evolved into Italian, French, Spanish, and others
  8. 16. Christian thinker who wrote The City of God
  9. 18. Spiritual leader in Rome who gained prominence after the fall