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?
This well-protected city was once known as Byzantium and renamed after a well-known emperor.
What is Constantinople?
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?
the Roman god of war
Who is Mars?
The three barbarian groups that invaded the Roman Empire
Who are the Huns, the Visigoths, and the Vandals?
Emperor and his wife of the Byzantine Empire
Who are Emperor Justinian & Empress Theodora?
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?
Christian cathedral built within Constantinople; now a mosque
What is the Hagia Sophia?
Two social classes in ancient Rome
What are the patricians and plebeians?
Members of the 2nd Trimumvirate
Who are Octavian, Mark Antony, and Lepidus?
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?
written by Justinian; contains laws, codification of laws, digest, and institute for law students
What is Justinian's Code?
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 event in which the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church formed.
What is the Great Schism?
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?
Constantinople was renamed this after the Ottomans overtook the city and turned it into a Muslim city
What is Istanbul?