Vocabulary 1
Dictator of Rome who was betrayed and stabbed to death by senators and friend Brutus.
Who is Julius Caesar?
The founder of the religion Christianity.
Who is Jesus?
Cicero was outspoken about the Roman Republic and wanted more power given to a particular group of the government.
What is the Roman senate?
The Romans banned this particular religion because of an earlier rebellion be them earlier, which lead them to believe it would create a political threat.
What is Judaism?
Fearsome Hun leader who raided the Roman Empire in the east.
Who is Attila?
Roman peace that lasted for about 200 years.
What is Pax Romana?
Term given to the person who would restore greatest to Israel.
What is messiah?
Caesar was able to rise to power due to his particular role in government.
What is military general?
At the beginning of the 1st century AD, a new religion would emerge from the place Judea.
What is Christianity?
This nomadic group moved into the Roman Empire.
Who is the Goths?
Romans created this structure to carry water from the mountains into the cities.
What is aqueduct?
This type of execution nails a person to a cross.
What is crucifixion?
After Caesar's death, two people took over his power.
Who is Octavian and Marc Antony?
This book is known as the holy book of Christianity.
What is the Bible?
The Byzantine Empire differed from the Western Roman Empire in two main ways.
What is language and religion?
Roman Emperor who considered the empire too big and split it int two, which he ruled the east and found a co-emperor to rule the west.
Who is Diocletian?
This Roman Emperor became a christian and made Christianity legal throughout the Roman Empire.
Who is Constantine?
What is Augustus?
The founder of Christianity (Jesus), emphasized two rules.
What are love god and love other people?
When the Roman Empire was split into two, Christianity would develop differently in the east. In the east it would be known as something else, which is still practiced today in eastern Europe.
What is Eastern Orthodox?
After its fall, historians would call the Roman Empire something else instead of its original name.
What is the Byzantine Empire?
The Eastern Roman Empire.
What is Constantinople?
The Roman Empire was vast. Spreading to _____ number of continents.
What is three (Europe, Asia, and Africa)?
After Jesus died, this person would spread Christianity throughout the Roman world.
Who is Paul of Tarsus?
After the fall of the Byzantine Empire in 1453, a new empire would emerge that would take control of the territory until the early 20th century.
What is the Ottoman Empire?