Famous Rulers
This emperor moved the capital of the Roman Empire and later became a key figure in the empire's Christianization.
Who is Constantine?
This is the first law code in Rome that was created after the plebian revolt.
What is the Twelve Tables?
This famous Byzantine church in Constantinople, known for its massive dome and later became a mosque.
What is the Hagia Sophia?
This is the conflict between Rome and Carthage that included the famous general Hannibal crossing the Alps with elephants.
What are the Punic Wars?
This is the river along which Rome was founded.
What is the Tiber?
This emperor ruled the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire and created a famous law code that collected Roman laws.
Who is Justinian?
Roman law introduced the idea that laws should be written and publicly known. True or False?
What is true?
This is the large amphitheater in Rome where gladiator games were held.
What is the coliseum?
This person saw a cross in the sky before battle and ordered his men to wear that sign.
Who is Constantine?
Constantinople was built on the site of an early city that sat on two continents. These are the two continents.
What are Europe and Asia?
Famous Roman general who declared himself dictator for life.
Who is Julius Caesar?
This is the code of law that was compiled during the Byzantine Empire.
What is Justinian's Code (or Corpus Juris Civilis)?
These are the long, raised structures that Roman engineers built to move water into cities.
What are aquaducts?
This group invaded Rome in 410 AD, leading to the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
Who are the Goths?
Italy is a peninsula that is shaped like this type of footware.
What is a boot?
This Byzantine empress was influential during her husband Justinian’s reign and supported the poor and religious causes.
Who is Theodora?
This is what would happen in early Roman law if you lied in court.
What is flung from a mountainside?
This is a Roman architectural feature that allows for structural support while keeping the interior of the building open.
What is an arch?
This is the land that Julius Caesar conquered before returning to Rome.
What is Gaul?
This sea was central to Roman trade and bordered the Roman Empire to the south and east.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
This Roman Emperor was the last of the "good emperors" and was known for making important decisions without emotion.
Who is Marcus Aurelius?
What is one part, of four, of the structure of Justinian's Law Code?
What is Digest, Codex, Institute, or Novellae?
This monumental Roman temple in Rome has a large dome with an oculus and was later used as a Christian church.
What is the Pantheon?
The fourth of this series of battles saw the remnants of the Western Empire attack Constantinople, further causing a divide between the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox.
What are the crusades?
This waterway ran through Constantinople and connected the Sea of Marmara to the Black Sea.
What is the Bosporus Strait?