This great Roman general and leader was assassinated in 44 BC.
Who is Julius Caesar?
100
To help improve communication and transportation across their huge empire, Romans built 50,000 miles of these to connect people and places.
What are roads?
100
They built the Hagia Sofia.
Who are the Byzantines?
100
This massive stadium housed gladiator fights.
What is the Colosseum?
100
The Romans were heavily influenced by this earlier civilization, particularly in art, architecture, and philosophy.
Who are the Greeks? (or Etruscans)
200
The first emperor of Rome. His name means "majestic" or "honored one". He also served during the "Roman Peace".
Who is Augustus? (or Octavian)
200
Before it was an empire, Rome used this type of government that influenced our own government in the United States. People elect leaders who represent them.
What is republican government?
200
They were governed by the "Justinian Codes".
Who are the Byzantines?
200
This style of artwork uses small colored tiles to create a picture.
What is mosaic?
200
The capital city of Constantinople is located in this modern day country.
What is Turkey?
300
This Emperor outlawed discrimination against Christians and eventually converted to Christianity himself. He moved the capital from the West to the East.
Who is Constantine?
300
This leader (who ordered the building of the Hagia Sofia) enacted a set of codes, or laws, that lasted for 900 years.
Who is Justinian?
300
In their church, Priests were not allowed to be married.
Who are the Romans?
300
This binding agent, still commonly used today, was invented in Rome.
What is cement?
300
Different countries or cultures united under one ruler.
What is an empire?
400
Legend has it that this "crazy" emperor fiddled while Rome burned to the ground. He then blamed the Christians.
Who is Nero?
400
The "Great Schism" created these two churches, one in the East and one in the West.
What are the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches?
400
This empire fell in 476 AD.
What is the (Western) Roman Empire?
400
Built by Justinian as a Christian church, this building has also served as a mosque and is now a museum located in Turkey.
What is the Hagia Sofia?
400
The Pope is the leader of this church.
What is the Roman Catholic Church?
500
This Roman emperor divided the empire into East and West to help governing the huge amount of territory Rome contained.
Who is Diocletian?
500
This style of philosophy stressed the importance of virtue, duty, and endurance in life.
What is Stoicism?
500
Their empire collapsed when their capital city was destroyed by invading Germanic tribes.
Who are the Romans?
500
These were used as an early form of plumbing to transport water to different parts of the Roman Empire.
What is an aqueduct?
500
She was Justinian's wife and close political adviser.