Roman Government and Law
This early form of Roman government was ruled by elected representatives.
What is a republic?
This social class made up most Roman citizens and included farmers, artisans, and workers.
Who were the plebeians?
This sea connected much of the Roman Empire and helped trade flourish.
What was the Mediterranean Sea?
This city became the new capital of the Roman Empire in the east.
What is Constantinople?
This cause describes how the territory that Rome held became a problem for the empire.
What is the empire was too large to govern effectively?
This type of government replaced the republic and was ruled by an emperor with ultimate power.
What is an empire?
Roman women could own property and engage in business, demonstrating that they had ______ in Ancient Rome.
What are some legal rights and privileges?
Name one of the three continents that were part of the Roman Empire.
What was Europe, Africa or Asia?
This advantage made Constantinople easier to defend than Rome.
What is its location was surrounded by water and had strong natural defenses?
These emperors are examples of poor leadership whose decisions weakened Rome and contributed to its decline.
Who were Commodus and Severus?
This Roman leader set the precedent for being a “dictator for life.”
What is Julius Caesar?
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After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, this described daily life for many people in western Europe.
What was chaos and instability, including invasions, disrupted trade, and the collapse of Roman government?
--> ("The West was a mess").
This architectural feature is commonly seen in Roman buildings and modern government structures.
What are columns, arches, or domes?
This event in 395 A.D. directly led to the rise of the Byzantine Empire.
What is the division of the Roman Empire into eastern and western halves?
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This problem, which began outside of the Roman empire, initially involved non-Roman groups. Eventually, it weakened Roman defenses, increased instability in the western Roman empire, and caused Emperor Romulus Augustus to surrender.
What were invasions by the Huns and Germanic tribes?
These 12 written laws protected plebeians and became the foundation of Roman legal tradition.
What are the Twelve Tables?
This economic problem affected daily life as people faced rising prices.
What is inflation?
This style of architecture symbolized order, strength, and democracy.
What is Greco-Roman ("classical") architecture.
This was the Byzantine Empire’s most important contribution to later civilizations.
What is preserving Greek and Roman knowledge and culture?
These problems developed because leaders like Septimius Severus were more interested in supporting the military than addressing broader issues in the empire.
What were economic problems such as inflation and heavy taxation?
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This long-term impact of Roman law influenced later Western societies, including modern legal systems.
What was Rome's highly effective legal system?
These teachings emphasized humility, equality, and care for the poor, challenging Rome’s strict social hierarchy and focus on power and status.
What were the teachings of Jesus Christ?
This reason is why modern U.S. and European government buildings copy Roman architectural styles in the 19th and 20th centuries.
What is to connect modern democracies to the ideals of ancient Greece and Rome.
This explains why Constantinople remained wealthy and stable for centuries after Rome fell in the west.
What is it was at the crossroads of major land and sea trade routes and was well protected?
This was the name of the Roman government shortly after the empire was divided for the first time. It means "rule by four."
What is a tetrarchy?