Emperors 1
The first emperor of Rome
Who was Augustus?
The Roman general and dictator who was assassinated
Who is Julius Caesar?
A time of peace in Rome
What was the Pax Romana?
This was named after Augustus
What is the month of August?
Another title for the Eastern Roman Empire
What is the Byzantine empire?
The capital of the western Roman Empire
What is Rome?
A reason Rome began to decline (name one)
Military, Political, Economic & Social reasons *
Who is Diocletian?
This emperor sang and danced and Rome burned. He tried to blame the fire on the Christians.
Who was Nero?
The place where gladiators fought
What are colosseum?
These men fought and battled in the colosseum
What are gladiators?
This was the capital of eastern Rome
What was Constantinople?
Caesar fell in love with her when he visited Egypt
Who was Cleopatra?
The Huns came from this area
What is Asia?
Augustus' original name
What is Octavian?
The influential wife of Emperor Justinian.
Who is Theodora?
The colosseum could hold these many people
What is 50,000?
They killed Julius Caesar
What was the Senate?
This made Constantinople very rich.
What is trade between Europe and Asia?
Twin boys raised by a wolf and a shepherd
Who were Romulus and Remus?.
Leader of the Huns
Who is Attila?
This emperor recodified Rome's laws to simplify them and clean up hundreds of years of new laws building up.
Who is Justinian?
This cruel Emperor bankrupted Rome, and tried to make his horse a Consul.
Who is Caligula?
A network of these structures brought water into the cities
What are aqueducts
He led a slave revolt during the time of the first triumvirate.
Who is Spartacus?
The language spoken in Constantinople.
The language spoken in the city of Rome
What is Latin?
They sacked the city of Rome, holding it hostage for a ransom of Gaul.
Who are the Vandals?
He became a Christian after seeing a cross in his dreams
Who was Constantine?
He built a wall that divided British Rome from the Scottish Celts.
Who is Hadrian?
The three continents included in the Roman empire
What are Europe, Asia, and Africa?
The letter alpha in Latin
What is 'a'?
These finally were able to destroy the walls of Constantinople.
What are cannons?
Augustus means this -
What is "the Majestic One"?
He was the last emperor of Rome in the West.
Who was Romulus Augustus?
The Emperor who started building the Colosseum.
Who is Vespasian?
The final "good emperor" of Rome. He is also known as the Philosopher King.
Who is Marcus Aurelius?
A tall, rounded, large structure most often found in the ceilings of churches and government buildings.
What is a dome?
This material was crucial to construction in Rome.
What is concrete?
It was the largest Christian church in the world, when it was built.
What is the Hagia Sophia?
Name one of the four Romance Languages that evolved from Latin.
What are French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese?
This German was the general who killed the final emperor of Rome, ending the Roman Empire in the West.
Who is Odoacer?