Roman Government
This is the type of government in Ancient Rome.
What is a republic?
The country where Julius Caesar conquered and then governed before he returned to Rome
What is Gaul?
Most of Rome in the early years worshipped this.
What is polytheistic?
This side of the empire met its demise sooner than the other
What is the Western Roman Empire?
This well-protected city was once known as Byzantium and renamed after a well-known emperor.
What is Constantinople?
Rome's first written code of law; published in the middle of the city; established that all citizens were equal under the law.
What are the 12 Tables?
Caesar was great at this?
What is military command?
the Roman god of war
Who is Mars?
Three barbarian groups that invaded the Roman Empire
Who are the Huns, the Visigoths, the Vandals or Germanic Tribes?
Emperor and his wife of the Byzantine Empire
Who are Emperor Justinian & Empress Theodora?
2 Patricians were elected by the Senate are called this
What is consoul?
One thing Julius Caesar did for Rome
What is increased pay for soldiers, helps soldiers get jobs, expands Rome's territory, or created the Julian Calendar?
Did not discriminate against women or low social classes. All could be saved and have eternal life.
What is the appeal of Christianity?
One of the reasons for Rome's fall
What are military, political, social, and economic causes?
Reason why the Roman Empire was split into two empires by Diocletian
What is the empire became too large to govern and to fix?
Two social classes in ancient Rome
What are the patricians and plebeians?
Members of what group assassinated Julius Caesar.
Who were members of the Senate?
This allowed for the tolerance of Christianity in the Roman Empire
What is the Edict of Milan?
This emperor split the Roman Empire in half, attempting to strengthen it
Who is Diocletian?
What is the name given to the eastern half of the Roman Empire that continued to thrive after the west fell?
What is the Byzantine Empire?
Two branches of government in ancient Rome
What are the Senate and the Consul?
The effect of the Senate worrying about Caesar's increasing power
What is the Senate plots to assassinate Caesar?
The head of the Roman Catholic Church wasa
Who is the Pope?
These people were often hired by Rome to protect the citizens but these people were not loyal to anyone but the highest payer
Who are foreign mercenaries or disloyal military legioneres?
Constantinople was renamed this after the Ottomans overtook the city and turned it into a Muslim city
What is Istanbul?