Geography
How did the Alps contribute to the development of early Rome?
Protection from invasion
What was the Rome lower class of CITIZENS called.
Plebians
Who was the first Roman Emperor?
Augustus
Who is the Founder of Chrisianity?
Jesus
Who is the leader of the Roman Catholic Church?
the Pope
Why is Rome's location important
It is centrally located in the Med
Patricans where what?
Romes wealthy upper class
Whos decsion to bring his army into Rome and proclaim himself dictator for life led to the end of the Roman Republic
Julius Caesar
Who used Roman Roads to spread Christianity after the death of Jesus
Paul
What is the loaction of the HQ for the Eastern Orothodox Church
Constantinapole
Romes rolling hills and arable land allowed Rome to accomplish what politcally (opposite of Greece).
Be a politcialy unified civilization.
What established Rome laws.
the 12 tables
What is the 200 years of Roman Peace and Prosperity called?
Pax Romana
What Roman Emperor moved the capitol to he East and made Christianity legal
Constantine
How did the Romans win the naval battles of the 1st Punic wars?
By using the corvus
What River did Julius Caesar cross, saying "the die is cast".
The Rubicon
Which Punic War involved Hannibal crossing the Alps, surprising and almost defeating Rome
the 2nd Punic War
How did the expansion of Latfundias and slavery contirubte to the fall of the Republic?
Created high unemployment
What building is Justinian know for building
the Hagia Sophia
What was the lasting impact of the Byzantine Empire?
Preserving Roman culture
Rome's location, distant from the older eastern Mediterranean powers, most likely provided
which advantage in its early development?
It allowed Rome to grow and develop with fewer early rivals or direct interference.
The Republic created tribunes to make sure the government had what?
Checks and balances
What are two accomplishments of the Roman Empire
Civil Service
Uniformed Currency
Pantheon
Archs
Aquaducts
The mutual excommunication between Pope Leo IX and Patriarch Michael Cerularius in 1054
was significant because it led to the Great Schism, what is the Great Schism.
the spliting of the Christian Church between the Roman Cathilic and Eastern Orothodox Churches
Name the 2 of the 3 members of the first triumvrate
JC
Pompey
Crassus