Roman Government
This is the type of government in Ancient Rome.
What is a republic?
The country in which Caesar defeated Ptolemy
What is Egypt?
Most of Rome was this during this time period
What is polytheistic?
This side of the empire met its demise sooner than the other
What is the Western Roman Empire?
The Roman government did this to hide from the people the fact the empire was declining
What is "bread and circuses"?
Rome's first written code of law; published in the middle of the city; established that all citizens were equal under the law.
What are the 12 Tables?
Caesar's allies in the First Triumvirate
Who are Crassus and Pompey?
an anti-Roman extremist
Who is a zealot?
The three barbarian groups that invaded the Roman Empire
Who are the Huns, the Visigoths, and the Vandals?
This declaration made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire
What is the Edict of Thessalonica?
This Latin word means "I forbid it"
What is veto?
One thing Julius Caesar did for Rome
What is increased pay for soldiers, helps soldiers get jobs, expands Rome's territory, or created the Julian Calendar?
Did not discriminate against women or low social classes. All could be saved.
What is the appeal of Christianity?
The four categories of Rome's fall
What are military, political, social, and economic causes?
built in honor of Emperor Constantine; located in the Eastern Roman Empire
What is Constantinople?
Two social classes in ancient Rome
What are the patricians and plebeians?
The second triumvirate was created for this purpose.
What is to find out who killed Julius Caesar?
This allowed for the tolerance of Christianity in the Roman Empire
What is the Edict of Milan?
This emperor split the Roman Empire in half, attempting to strengthen it
Who is Diocletian?
the leader of the Huns
Who is Atilla?
Two branches of government in ancient Rome
What are the Senate and the Consul?
The effect of the Senate worrying about Caesar's increasing power
What is the Senate plots to assassinate Caesar?
This was the religion from which Christianity is based
What is Judaism?
These people were often hired by Rome to protect the citizens but these people were not loyal to anyone but the highest payer
Who are foreign mercenaries?
Many people did this as the Roman Empire declined because they could not afford to provide for their families.
What is sell themselves into slavery?