Emperors
The First Roman Emperor
Augustus
A Greek doctor whose anatomical drawings influenced the western world for centuries
Galen
Where the the Germanic tribes come from
Northern Europe
What was the capital of the Byzantine Empire?
Constantinople
What side of the Roman Empire spoke Greek
Eastern Roman Empire
Final Emperor of Rome
Romulus Augustlus
two foods that the Greeks taught the Romans to grow
Olives and grapes
Name of the tribe that destroyed the city of Rome by ransacking and burning it
Vandals
This group was the largest single ethnic group in the Byzantine Empire
Greeks
Most famous of the Roman historians
Livy
Roman emperor who issued reforms and would divide the empire into fourths
Diocletian
Roman author of the epic Aeneid
Virgil
Visigoth leader who conquered Rome for the first time in 800 years
Alaric
Wife of Justinian. She held a great deal of political power.
Theodora
Famous enslaved gladiator who led a large but unsuccessful uprising
Spartacus
Roman emperor who moved the capital of the empire from Rome to Constantinople
Constantine
Roman scientist who made many observations in astronomy
Ptolemy
Germanic leader who overthrew the very last Roman emperor
Odoacer
Most famous Byzantine emperor who ruled the East at its height
Justinian
What is the Hagia Sophia
The mosque in modern-day Istanbul that was originally constructed by Justinian as a Christian church
Roman emperor who officially split the empire into East and West
Theodosius
Roman name for the Greek god Zeus
Jupiter
Name of the Germanic tribe that took Gaul from Rome
Franks
Military leader under Justinian who reconquered much land in the Western Roman Empire
Belisarius
What year did the Western Roman Empire Fall
476