The Republic
Title of leaders of the republic
What are consuls?
First emperor; took a title meaning "exalted one"
Who is Augustus Caesar?
200 years of stability established by Augustus Caesar
What is Pax Romana?
Trading goods rather than selling or buying
What is bartering?
The blend of the "classic" cultures
What is Greco-Roman culture?
Laws to protect the plebeians
What are the Twelve Tables?
Reunited Eastern and Western parts of the empire
Who is Constantine?
Most important industry of Imperial Rome
What is agriculture?
The Fall of Rome saw the end of what age?
What is the classical age?
Site which preserved the greatest collection of art, architecture, and evidence of Roman life
What is Pompeii?
Two main social classes
Who are the patricians and plebeians?
Built the Pantheon and a wall in Great Britain
Who is Hadrian?
Religious position/title assumed by emperors (Latin)
What is Pontifex Maximus?
With the end of the Western Roman Empire and its cultural influences from Greece and Rome, what new time period began?
What is the Middle Ages?
Two of the Romance languages
What is Spanish, Italian, French, Portuguese, and Romanian?
2 causes for the downfall of the republic
What is: widening gap between rich and poor, small farmers couldn't compete, military leaders rally personal armies, 2 tribune brothers killed after attempted reform, civil war?
Divided the empire for easier management
Who is Diocletian?
Common currency created by first emperor and used within the Roman Empire
What is the silver denarius?
Decentralized rule throughout Europe as a result of the lack of one strong ruler
What is feudalism?
Evidence of Roman-styled architecture in Washington DC
What is the Capitol, Jefferson Memorial, Supreme Court?
This event marked the end of the Republic
What is the death of Julius Caesar?
Two significant effects of the Battle of Milvian Bridge
What are: Constantine becomes emperor of Western empire, Constantine ends persecution of Christians?
Famous gladiator who escaped and rallied 70,000 other slaves and led a 2 year rebellion against the Roman Empire
Who is Spartacus?
3 short-term effects of the Fall of the Western Roman Empire
What is: political unrest (lawlessness, violence, & chaos in cities), economic decline ($ crisis, disruption of trade, bartering), and migration out of cities to the countryside?
3 key points of Roman law which has influenced western civilization
What is: innocent until proven guilty, burden of proof rests on the accuser, actions not thoughts to be prosecuted, all equal and protected by law, and unfair laws to be set aside?