Question
Answer the following about modern historiographical debates about the collapse of the Western Roman Empire. For 10 points each:
[10e] Edward Gibbon largely attributed the fall to barbarian invasions and the ascendancy of this religion after Constantine’s edict of benevolence issued at Milan.
ANSWER: Christianity [accept Nicene Christianity; accept Catholicism]
[10h] This Belgian historian argued for a gradual replacement of Roman traditions in his namesake thesis. This author of Mohammad and Charlemagne regarded the Frankish Kingdom as the final extension of the empire.
ANSWER: Henri Pirenne [accept Pirenne Thesis]
[10m] Peter Heather proposed that the rapid rise of this superpower in the 220s severely shocked Rome’s frontier defense. This empire captured Valerian in 260, a century before emperor Julian besieged its capital at Ctesiphon (“TESS-uh-fon”).
ANSWER: Sassanian Empire [or Sassanid Empire; accept Neo-Persian Empire; accept Ērānšahr; prompt on Persian Empire or Persia]
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Summary
| 2023 ACF Winter @ Columbia | 11/11/2023 | Y | 9 | 15.56 | 100% | 56% | 0% |
Data
| Bard A | NYU B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Columbia A | Penn A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Haverford | Vassar | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Rutgers A | NYU A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Rutgers B | Penn B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Princeton A | Rowan A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Cornell C | Yale A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Columbia B | Yale B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Princeton B | Yale C | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |