Roman Empire A
Who was the first emperor of Rome?
Who is Augustus (Octavian/Octavius)
What technology connected Rome's territories?
What are roads
What are Barbarians
What was the population of Rome by the 4th Century CE?
80,000
What is a form of government where power is FORCIBLY taken by one person?
What is fighting or being chosen by the army/Senate
Before Rome was an empire, what form of government did it have?
What is a republic
What did Diocletian do to preserve (protect) the Empire?
What is divide into Western and Eastern halves
What year did the Western Roman Empire (officially) fall? (330 CE, 96 CE, 476 CE, 1453 CE)
When is 476 CE
What was the name of the largest ancient amphitheater ever built?
What is the Roman Colosseum
What is one reason why the Roman Empire was difficult to defend as it grew?
What are large borders and/or slow communication
What are Europe, Asia, and Africa
Who killed Julius Caesar?
What is the ruling structure that includes 1 senior and 1 junior emperor?
What is a tetrarchy
What did Trajan find at the bottom of the river in Dacia?
What is gold and silver
Which emperor invaded Dacia and Parthia?
What did Constantine do to secure the empire?
What is moved the capital city to Constantinople (Byzantium)
What was the name of the 50-year long civil war?
Which trade route did Trajan want partial control of?
What is the Silk Road
What is name of the KING that took the throne at then end of the Western Roman Empire?
Odoacer
Which emperor started the Flavian dynasty?
Who is Vaspasian?
Who was the First Christian emperor in ancient Rome?
Who is Constantine?
Which kingdom invaded Rome in 410 CE?
What is the Kingdom of Visigoths?
What is the sea that is surrounded by the Western Roman Empire?
What is the Mediterranean Sea
Who was the last emperor of Western Rome?