Geography
Rome began along this river.
What is the Tiber River?
Renaming them, the Romans adopted their Gods from which other ancient civilization?
Who are the Greeks?
Two well built structures of Ancient Rome that are still standing today.
What are the:
Colosseum
Aqueducts
Pantheon
Forum
Roman Baths
This popular general turned dictator was assassinated by his own Senate.
Who is Julius Caesar?
Rome gained power & wealth through trade in this region.
What is the Mediterranean?
This group of people had the least amount of power in Ancient Rome.
Who are slaves?
The Roman Empire was split in this year.
What is 395 CE?
The capital of the Roman Empire was eventually moved from Rome to this trading city named for Constantine.
What is Constantinople?
A word for worshipping many Gods, like the Romans.
What is Polytheism.
This invention allowed clean water to be brought into Rome.
What are aqueducts?
The Roman Empire began when this group was overthrown due to their cruelty in 509 BCE.
Who are the Etruscans?
To weaken the power of the state, Julius Caesar created this.
What is the triumvirate?
These people were the wealthy & influential ones in Roman society.
Who are the Patricians?
Rome eventually divided into the Eastern Roman Empire & Western Roman Empire. The Eastern side became known as this.
What is the Byzantine Empire?
Along the Western Peninsula of Italy, resides this capital city.
What is Rome?
The expansion of the Roman Empire caused this group of people to flee their homeland & resettle elsewhere (diaspora).
Who are the Jews?
This feature of Roman society was a clean & social activity.
What are the Roman Baths?
Or
Baths of Diocletian
The Roman government inspired the US to use these to make sure no one person in government had too much power.
What are checks & balances?
These are all effects of the Pax Romana.
What are: increased trade & economic growth
Roads
Stability
Social Service Jobs
This group of people were ordinary Roman citizens.
Who are Plebeians?
These invaders hastened the fall of Rome.
Who are Germanic tribes?
The Ancient Roman Empire spanned these 3 continents.
What are Europe, Western Asia & Northern Africa.
The relationship between the Roman Empire & this group of people was filled with violence & mistrust.
Who are early Christians?
Under this emperor the empire practiced religious tolerance.
Who is Constantine?
During times of emergency, the Roman government was allowed to do this.
What is appoint a dictator?
The Roman Empire collected taxes to pay for these 2 things.
What are military & government?
Initially this group of people were under total control of their fathers or husbands. However, towards later years in the empire, they were allowed more independence.
Who are women?
Upon the death of the Emporer Theodosius, his sons were each given half of the Roman Empire. This division led to this catastrophic event in 476 CE.
What is the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
These geographic features protect the heart of the Ancient Roman Empire.
What are the Alps & Mediterranean Sea?
First approved by Constantine & later confirmed as the only religion in Rome by Theodosius, is this monotheistic religion based on the teachings of Jesus?
What is Christianity?
This famous architectural structure was invented in Ancient Rome.
What are arches?
The Roman Empire truly begins when Julius Caesar's heir, Octavius, is given this name.
What is Augustus Caesar?
This hurt the Roman economy.
What are high taxes?
The feudal system in Europe is made up of these 4 groups.
Who are kings, nobles, knights & peasants?
Two main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire.
What are politics & economics.