Rome
Rome is located on the Italian Peninsula in a strategic location at the center of this water way
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
Roman General was appointed dictator for life and was a member of the First Roman Triumvirate
Who is Julius Caesar?
The governing body of Rome is the Senate
Who were the Patricians?
Emperor Diocletian split the Roman Empire into two
What was the empire become too big to manage as one empire; Splitting in two made it more effective to manage?
The war with Hannibal Barca lead Carthage against Rome for control of the Mediterranean
What is the Punic War?
Rome entered a two hundred year period of relative peace and prosperity
What was the Pax Romana?
Caesar’s assassin’s fears were realized when his nephew Octavian became the first Roman Emperor
Who was Emperor Augustus “The Exalted One”
Accomplishments of Rome during the Pax Romana
What are The Coliseums, the Aqueducts, the Sewers?
What is " The Pope resisted domination by the Byzantine emperor, Byzantines would not accept the Pope as head of all Christians. Split from Pope, and formed the Eastern Orthodox Church"
The Great Schism
Constant warfare with the tribes this region will lead to the eventual downfall of Rome?
What is Germania?
Etruscans who settled in Rome based off of their culture and religion
Who were the Greeks?
Caesar’s appointed successor
Who was Octavian?
Religious group was persecuted in the Roman Empire which included the crucifixion of Jesus. It was not safe to practice their religion until Emperor Constantine converted and legalized their religion
Who were the Christians?
The culture of the Byzantine Civilization
What are
1. Religion = Orthodox Christianity
2. Language and Culture = Greek
3. Administration = Roman
4. Capital = Constantinople
The improvement and building of Roman roads allow to move and spread quickly throughout the empire
What are Armies and Information?
The Plebeians
Who were the farmers, artisans, and merchants?
This religion was persecuted throughout the empire and lead to the crux fiction of Jesus, until Emperor Constantine made it legal.
what is Christianity
The major aspects of the Twelve Tables of Roman Law
What is
1. Equal protection under the law
2. Innocent until proven guilty
3. Rules of evidence
Byzantine half of Roman Empire not collapse
What were
1. Had more money
2. More urbanized
3. More populated
4. Germanic and Hunnish invasions were in the west
Jewish revolt resulted in the dispersal of Jews from their homelands throughout the empire
What was The Diaspora?
Reasons for Rome’s decline
What are
1. Constant war with Germanic Tribes
2. Political/Military issues
3. Empire Split in two
4. Economic issues
Caesars contributions to Rome
What are
1. Giving land to the poor
2. Extending Roman citizenship to conquered peoples
3. Creating public works projects
4. Increasing the pay for soldiers
5. Developing a more accurate calendar
6. The Julian calendar
Justinian Code
What are major reform of Byzantine law created by Emperor Justinian I. Not only used as a basis for Byzantine law for over 900 years, the laws therein continue to influence many western legal systems to this day?
The Byzantine Empire’s impact on the World
What is by
1. Prevent Arabs from entering Eastern Europe
2. Spread of law reform through Justinian Code
3. Preserved the philosophy, science, mathematics, and literature of ancient Greece
4. Contacts with Byzantine civilization stimulated learning in Latin Christendom to the west
5. Influenced civilization in Russia
Empire took Byzantine’s place
Who were the Ottoman Empire?