The Rise of the Roman Empire
These people were some of the earliest inhabitants of Italy.
Who were the Phoenicians, Greeks, and Etruscans?
The basic unit of early Rome was this.
What was the family?
The spread of Christianity beyond the Jewish area was aided by the conversion and ministry of this man.
Who was Paul?
This Roman engineering accomplishment supplied water to the cities.
What were the aquaducts?
This group of people, including the Vandals, Goths, and Gauls invaded the Western empire.
Who were the barbarians?
The city of Rome began on the banks of this river.
What is the Tiber River?
Roman society consisted of these two social classes.
What were the patricians and plebians?
This Roman leader heavily persecuted early Christians, blaming them for a fire that destroyed most of Rome.
Who was Nero?
This major Roman contribution was used to promote trade, exchange cultural ideas, and spread the gospel.
Roman Roads
Who divided the empire in half, keeping the east under his control and appointed a ruler to the West?
Diocletian
The Senate conferred this title to Octavian when he announced his desire to restore the republic after years of dictators.
What is Augustus?
These tablets of law became the foundation of Roman civil law.
What is the Law of Twelve Tables?
This emperor legalized Christianity, allowing Christians to gather and worship freely.
Who was Constantine?
This writer as called the "Homer of Rome".
Who was Virgil?
This emperor permanently divided the empire between his two sons, making the Eastern Empire and the Western Empire.
Who was Theodosius?
These three wars were fought between Carthage and Rome to gain control of the Western world.
What are the Punic Wars?
This body of people became the most powerful group in the early republic of Rome.
Who was the Senate?
True or false, Jesus was born during the decaying years of the Roman Empire.
What is False? He was born during the rise of the Empire.
What is a system of justice?
These are three reasons for the decline of the empire.
The ____ _________ was a period of peace that began under Octavian.
Pax Romana
This group of ten men protected the rights and interests of the common people of Rome.
Who was the tribune?
True or false, the Roman persecution of Christians caused a remarkable decline in Christian growth.
What is false? Christians continued to increase despite the persecution.
This language was very important, even after the collapse of the Roman Empire. It continued to dominate learning, government, and religion.
What is Latin?
This group, led by their fierce leader, Attila, came from the east to attack the empire.
Who were the Huns?