Roman Life
This place was the center of Roman public life, where people debated, shopped, and listened to speeches.
What is the Forum?
These structures carried fresh water into Roman cities.
What are aqueducts?
One major problem Rome faced was that it became too ______ to manage.
large
The Eastern Roman Empire became known as this.
What is the Byzantine Empire?
Rome helped spread this religion throughout Europe.
What is Christianity?
The male head of a Roman household who had legal authority over the family.
What is the paterfamilias?
Roman art focused on this style, showing detailed and realistic features.
What is realism?
This economic problem caused prices to rise and money to lose value.
What is inflation?
This city became the capital of the Eastern Empire.
What is Constantinople?
This Roman law system influenced many European legal systems.
What is the Justinian Code?
These workers formed the backbone of Rome’s economy and worked in farms, homes, and skilled jobs.
Who were enslaved people?
This poet wrote the Aeneid to connect Rome’s founding to the gods.
Who was Virgil?
Rome’s army weakened because it relied heavily on these soldiers.
Who were foreign soldiers?
The Byzantine Empire was strongly influenced by this culture.
What is Greek culture?
Constantinople was powerful because it controlled important ______ routes.
trade routes
He led a large slave revolt against Rome in 73 BCE.
Who was Spartacus?
This curved ceiling structure allowed Romans to build massive interiors like the Colosseum.
What is a vault?
This emperor divided the Roman Empire into two parts.
Who was Diocletian?
This emperor created a new organized system of Roman laws.
Who was Justinian?
This emperor supported Christianity and moved the capital east.
Who was Constantine?
Roman families valued loyalty, discipline, and respect for ______.
ancestors and the gods
This idea from Roman government still influences modern democracies today.
What is equality before the law, Senate or elected officials?
In 476 CE, this happened to the Western Roman Empire.
What is it fell / was overthrown?
This famous Byzantine church shows their architectural skill and Christian faith.
What is the Hagia Sophia?
Even after the Western Empire fell, this part survived for nearly 1,000 years.
What is the Eastern Roman Empire?