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This Roman was the grandnephew of Julius Caesar, and also the first emperor of the Roman Empire.
What is Augustus Caesar or Octavian?
This city-state was the birthplace of the Roman Republic and later became the capital of the Roman Empire.
What is Rome?
On this date, the Romans kicked out the last king from their city and established a represenative government called a republic.
What is 509 B.C. ?
This cause for the decline of the Roman Empire led to many deaths and eventually a shortage of soldiers for the Roman legions.
What is disease or plague?
Believing in only one true God, Christianity was an example of this type of religion.
What is monotheism or monotheistic?
This Roman general took advantage of the military recruiting system created by Marius to gain control of the Roman Republic.
What is Sulla?
This city-state was the main rival and enemy of the Rome until they were defeated in 146 B.C.
What is Carthage?
In this century, the Roman Empire experienced problems that led a crisis which weakend the empire.
What is the Third Century?
This condition in which prices of goods rise while currency loses value caused the Roman Empire's economy to worsen over time.
What is inflation?
This class of Roman citizens were rich, owned much land, and could be elected to the Senate.
What are Patricians?
This Roman military leader weakened the Senate’s power and later became dictator until he was stabbed to death by his political enemies in the Senate.
What is Julius Caesar?
The First Punic War was started by Rome's invasion of this island south of Italy.
What is Sicily?
In 31 B.C., Octavian's forces destroyed Antony and Cleopatra's army at this important battle in Greece.
What is the Battle of Actium?
The war between Julius Caesar and Pompey and the later conflict between Octavian and Marc Antony and Cleopatra are examples of this cause for the Roman Empire to decline.
What are civil wars?
The people of the Roman Empire practiced this kind of religion, in which multiple deities are honored and worshipped.
What is polytheism?
This Roman general first began to recruited soldiers into the Roman army by promising them land and having them swear an oath of loyalty to their general and not the Republic.
What is Marius?
These independent and soveriegn places often warred with one another, but also established treaties and relations for trade and military alliances. Poweful ones like Rome received tribute from other ones they conquered.
What are city-states?
The city of Rome was sacked on this date by barbarian invaders.
What is 476 A.D. ?
This caused Rome to hire mercenaries from Germanic tribes in order to have enough soldiers for its armies.
What is a manpower shortage?
These working class citizens of Roman society could vote but could not hold office in the Senate.
What are Plebeians or Plebes?
This queen of Egypt was the lover of Marc Antony until both committed suicide after their defeat by Octavion.
What is Cleopatra
After defeating Carthage in a series of wars and the cities of Greece and Macedonia, Rome controlled a vast territory surrounding this large sea.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
Rome finally defeated and destroyed Carthage in 146 B.C. at the end of these wars.
What are the Punic Wars?
Germanic tribes from northern Europe were migrating south across the Rhine and Danube rivers and the Sassanid Persians attacking from the east are examples of this cause for the decline of the Roman Empire.
What are foreign invasions?
This organizing and standardizing of civil laws by the Eastern Roman empire became the basis for much of the legal system in the West aftwards.
What is codification?