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Who was the first emperor of Rome?
Augustus (Octavian)
Capital City of the Empire and present day Italy
Rome
Emperor whose name meant "little boot"
Caligula (Gaius)
The naval battle between Octavian and Marc Antony.
The mythological brother who lends his name to Rome.
Romulus
A relative peace that lasted 200 years and started with the reign of Augustus
Pax Romana
Before Rome was an empire, what form of government did it have?
A republic
Date on which Julius Caesar was stabbed by members of the Senate
The Ides of March
Italy is a peninsula that is surrounded by this body of water.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
The mythological founder of all of Rome who fought at Troy.
Who is Aeneas?
Which three continents did the Roman Empire span?
Europe, Asia, and Africa
This river flows through Rome and made the Roman civilization possible.
The Tiber River
Source/origin of the title of "Caesar," "Czar/Tsar," and "Kaiser"
What is Julius Caesar?
The poet Augustus commissioned to write an epic poem about the founding of Rome
Nero's reason for beginning the persecution of the Christians
Blamed them for Great Fire
Jewish churches where Paul preached.
What were synagogues?
This decree under Constantine legalized Christianity.
What is the Edict of Milan?
The first Christian emperor in ancient Rome
Who is Constantine?
The three major barbarian groups that encroached on Rome in the 4th and 5th centuries
Huns, Goths, Vandals
Diocletian's reason for the Great Persecution of Christians
Christians displeased the Roman pagan gods, causing the empire to suffer
At least five reasons for the decline of the Roman Empire.
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The emperors of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty
Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero
The three apostolic fathers.
Who are Ignatius of Antioch, Clement of Rome, Polycarp of Smyrna?
The five Patriarchal Sees.
What are Rome, Constantinople, Antioch, Jerusalem, and Alexandria?
At least four modern languages that Latin is the root of.
What are Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, Romanian?