The farmers, merchants, and artisans who made up most of the population
What are the plebians?
100
DOUBLE JEOPARDY This Latin term means "Roman Peace"
What is the Pax Romana?
100
This is the law applied to the citizens of the Roman empire
What is civil law?
100
DOUBLE JEOPARDY This Emepor issued the Edict of Milan which legalized all forms of religious worship
Who is Constantine?
100
The power to impress or influence because of success or wealth
What is prestige?
200
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!! A ruler who has complete control over the government
What is a dictator?
200
a population count
What is a census?
200
This volcano erupted on the island of Pompeii
What is Mt. Vesuvias?
200
People who suffer or die for their beliefs are known as
What is a martyr?
200
DOUBLE JEOPARDY Foreign soldiers who serve for pay
What are mercenaries?
300
Members of the Roman landholding upper class
What are the patricians?
300
This name means exalted one and was given to the Roman leader who had absolute power
Who is Augustus?
300
A picture made from chips of colored stone or glass
What is a mosaic?
300
Jesus was born here
What is Bethlehem?
300
A nomadic people who migrated from central Asia toward Eastern Europe
Who are the Huns?
400
In this form of government, the people choose some of the officials. It is meant to prevent one individual from gaining too much power.
What is a republic?
400
Julius ___________________, an ambitious military commander completed a conquest of Gaul in the first century BC
What is Caesar?
400
To do this means to make fun of something- often in politics
What is to satirize?
400
This word in Greek means "a person sent forth"
What is an apostle?
400
The city of Byzantium was renamed ___________________
What is Constantinople?
500
These people shared the Italian peninsula with Romans and Greeks. The Romans learned the alphabet from these people and learned to use the arch in construction
What are the Etruscans?
500
The policy of establishing control over foreign lands and peoples
What is imperialism?
500
This Roman poet wrote literature with the intent of inspiring patriotism and demonstrating that the Roman history was as heroic as that of Greece
Who is Virgil?
500
This word means anointed king sent by God
What is the messiah?
500
The rapid rise of prices is known as ________________