Rome's first emperor from 27 b.c. to a.d. 14. He began the Pax Romanav, 200 years of Roman peace. He built a permanent professional army of 150,000 Roman citizens and a force a 9,000 men to protect the emperor. He conquered new territories, reformed the tax system and legal system.
What is Augustus
100
Long troughs supported by rows of arches built to bring water over long distances from the hills into the city.
What is aqueduct
100
A general who became emperor who introduced reforms to stop Rome's decline and divided the empire into four parts and issued rules that set prices of goods and wages for workers to slow inflation. However, these reforms failed.
What is Diocletion
100
A Greek philosophy encouraging Romans to live in a practical way
What is Stocism
100
A person who stands in for a ruler who is too young or too ill to govern
What is regent
200
A Greek doctor who brought medical ideas to Rome. He emphasized the importance of anatomy and whould cut open dead animals to learn about inner organs. Doctors studied his books for more than 1,500 years.
What is Galen
200
Poems that expressed strong emotions about life
What is ode
200
Justinian's wife helped him run the empire who encouraged Justinian to give woman more rights and helped her husband with government officials. She helped him defeat angry tax payers who tried to over throw the throne.
What is Theodora
200
Exchange goods without using money
What is barter
200
A roman poet who wrote satires and odes and used Greek models to do so.
What is Horace
300
A long era of peace began with Augustus and lasted until a.d. 180. It is also called "Roman Peace."
What is Pax Romana
300
Rapidly increasing prices caused when money loses its value
What is inflation
300
A Roman writer who drew some of his ideas from Homer's Odessey. He wrote a epic poem about a Trojan prince, Aeneas and his travel to Italy.
What is Virgil
300
The study of body structure
What is anatomy
300
Politician changes to make things better
What is reform
400
Pictures made from many bits of colored glass or store; mainly showed pictures of saints
What is mosaic
400
Byzantine capital built on the site of the Greek city Byzantium. Today known as Istanbul in Turkey.
What is Constantinople
400
Written works that poked at human weakness
What is satire
400
Christian holy person
What is saint
400
A Germanic general over threw the emperor and controlled Rome for almost 15 years until Visigoths took over the city and killed him
What is Odoacer
500
A curved ceiling using rows of arches built against one another.
What is vault
500
A Visigoth leader who lead his soldiers into Rome. He burned records and looted the treasury.
What is Alaric
500
Emperor of Byzantine Emperor. He controlled the military made laws, and was supreme judge. His orders could not be questioned
What is Justinian
500
A general who became ruler in a.d. 312. Said sons of workers had to following father'so trade.
What is Constantine
500
An important scientist the Roman Empire who lived in Alexandria, in Egypt. He studied the sky, carefully mapped over 1,000 different stars, studied the motion of planets and stars, and created rules explaining their movements.