Who is in Charge?
Vocabulary Mix
Keep the Legacy Strong
Shaking Things Up
Falling Factors
100
He was the Roman Empire's first emperor, and his name means "Divine One"
Augustus BONUS: What does "Divine One" mean?
100
This word means “an official split”. It happened between the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches.
Schism
100
This was a period of peace that lasted 207 years (Hint: Remember we compared it to the Spanish word for “peace”)
Pax Romana
100
This man shook things up when he decided to spread a new religion throughout Rome called Christianity, which stressed the importance of loving enemies, belief in one God, and life after death in heaven.
Jesus Christ BONUS: Why didn't Roman authorities like Jesus and the spread of Christianity?
100
This factor that led to the fall of Rome is partially because slaves did the work on the fields, and people did not care to improve their working conditions.
Decreased Technology
200
He gained power after the Roman Civil war, overthrowing King Tarquin the Proud and naming himself sole ruler of Rome. He was eventually stabbed in the back by people who didn’t like him.
Julius Caesar BONUS: Who was his son?
200
This was a legal code made during the rule of Emperor Justinian I
The Justinian Code
200
The Romans spoke this language. Many English words are based off this language.
Latin
200
This man was from a Germanic tribe known as the Franks. He took over Western Rome and named himself king.
King Clovis
200
This factor that led to the fall of Rome was caused when Rome stopped expanding and stealing other people’s wealth. They needed money, so they did this to their citizens.
Increased taxes - Poorer citizens
300
This emperor declared an end to all attacks on Christian people and moved the capital from Rome to Byzantium.
Emperor Constantine
300
This is a picture made out of small pieces of tile or glass.
Mosaic
300
The Romans were inspired by this earlier culture, from the style of their sculptures to their philosophies. (Hint: We learned about this culture in history last year)
Greek
300
Although Christianity was powerful in the Byzantine Empire, the Roman Catholic church and Orthodox church split over an argument over the use of what religious symbols (pictures of holy people and objects)?
Icons
300
This factor that led to the fall of Rome happened because Roman citizens did not have free school like you do.
Decrease in citizens able to afford education
400
This man divided the Roman Empire into east and west to make it easier to govern.
Emperor Diocletian
400
This word is a structure designed to bring fresh water into a city or town
Aqueduct
400
Rome is known for their __________, particularly their arches, vaults, and domes.
Architecture
400
What two people often fought before the churches split up? (Hint: One was the leader of the Catholic church and the other was the leader of the empire)
The Emperor and the Pope
400
This factor that led to the fall of Rome happened because the soil was losing nutrients
Agriculture
500
This emperor made a code of laws to make the Byzantine Empire stronger.
Emperor Justinian I
500
This is a philosophy that stressed the importance of virtue, duty, and endurance
Stoicism
500
Rome built over 50,000 miles of these, which helped transportation around the Roman Empire.
Roads
500
After Romans killed King Tarquin and before Julius Caesar won the civil war, there was a type of government where the power rested with the citizens. What was this type of government called?
Republic BONUS: What country do we know that based their government off the Roman republic?
500
This factor that led to the fall of Rome happened because there was less Roman Pride and people did not want to die to defend Rome anymore.
Worse military
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