Terms and People
Rapidly increasing prices caused by a decline in the value of money.
What is inflation?
Term for the government official who was appointed by the Senate to hold absolute power
Name the emperor who separated the Roman empire in A.D. 395.
Who is Theodosius?
Pictures made from small pieces of glass or stone
What are mosaics?
This empire prospered and became the Byzantine Empire
What is the Eastern Roman Empire?
According to legend, Rome is named after this man.
Who is Romulus?
Term for the only people who could hold political office in early Rome.
Who are patricians?
This empire fell in A.D. 476 to a Germanic general named Odoacer.
What is the Western Roman Empire?
Horace wrote these which poked fun at human weaknesses
What are satires?
The Byzantine Empire became less influenced by this civilization and more influenced by this civilization
What is less Roman and more Greek?
A curved ceiling built by building arches against each other
What is a vault?
Germanic General who controlled most of Rome for almost 15 years
Who is Odoacer?
Name the Visigoth leader who captured Rome in A.D. 410
Who is Alaric?
Rome's first written laws
What are the Twelve Tables of Rome?
The religious center of the Byzantine Empire
What is the Hagia Sophia?
Another name for a marketplace or public square that was found in the middle of Roman cities.
What is a forum?
Name the two emperors who brought reforms to Ancient Rome that weakened Rome
Who are Diocletian and Constantine?
When Visigoth leaders tired of Rome's demands, they rebelled and defeated them at which Battle.
The term that means "to trade goods without using money"
What is barter?
Name the legal code from the Byzantine Empire
What are the Justinian Code of Laws?
The study of body structure
What is anatomy?
This emperor realized that the empire's laws were disorganized and confusing so he changed them.
Who is Justinian?
Rome's influence on modern law and government, language and religion are known as this.
What are legacies?
This relative took over as dictator after the death of his great-uncle, Julius Caesar
Who is Augustus Caesar?
From the A.D. 500's to the A.D. 1000's, the Byzantine Empire was known as what
What is a crossroad of trade?