FAMOUS MEN REVIEW

CRISTY PRINCE
SIXTH GRADE

VOCABULARY

To surround with hostile forces

Besiege
Sovereign territory or state
Dominion
Extremely angry
Enraged
To officially make a saint
Canonize
To bestow an honor
Confer
Broad-headed ax used as a weapon
Battle-Ax
Payment for the release of a hostage
Ransom
Fortified, permanent stronghold
Fortress
Goods taken in war from a defeated enemy
Spoils
To inflict punishment for a perceived wrong

PEOPLE TO KNOW

Visigoth chief who sacked Rome

Alaric
Roman general who defeated Alaric at Verona
Stilicho
Chief of the Huns; Scourge of God
Attila
Founder of the Benedictine Order
St. Benedict
Roman general who defeated the chief of the Huns
Aetius
Pope who persuaded the chief of the Huns not to attack Rome
Leo I
King of the Vandals who conquered North Africa
Genseric
Gothic general who deposed the last Western Roman Emperor
Odoacer
Benedictine monk who became Pope and reorganized the church
St. Gregory I
First great king of the Franks

DATES TO REMEMBER

Sack of Rome by Alaric

410
Battle of Chalons
451
Fall of the Western Roman Empire
476
Baptism of Clovis
496

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