New Government, Who Dis?: A Republic Becomes an Empire
"A thing of the people."
What is a republic?
The "Exalted One."
Who is Augustus Caesar?
Taxes & Entertainment.
What are "bread & circuses"?
A picture made from chips of colored stone or glass.
What is a mosaic?
"Germanic invasions" falls under the ___________ category for the causes of the fall of Rome.
What is Military?
Officials elected by the plebeians to protect their interests.
What are tribunes?
Granted toleration to Christians.
Who is Emperor Constantine?
The timespan of the Pax Romana.
What is 200 years?
A famous and massive Roman temple with a dome.
What is the Pantheon?
"Heavy taxes" falls under the ___________ category for the causes of the fall of Rome.
What is Economic?
Number of patricians in the Roman senate.
What are 300 patricians?
Two brothers who were assassinated in planned street violence.
Who are Tiberius & Gaius Gracchus?
Blending Greek, Hellenistic & Roman traditions.
What is Greco-Roman Civilization?
Bridgelike stone structures that brought water from hills to cities.
What are aqueducts?
The rapid rise of prices.
What is inflation?
The length of time that consuls served in the Roman government.
What are 2 years?
The Roman name for the Greek god Zeus.
Who is Jupiter?
Gladiators were mainly __________.
What are slaves?
Water from aqueducts supplied these spaces, which were meant for social gatherings.
What are public baths?
Another name for the eastern Roman Empire.
What is the Byzantine Empire?
The first successful plebeian appeal.
What are the Laws of the Twelve Tables?
Emperor whose reign ended the Pax Romana.
Who is Marcus Aurelius?
Rome's largest racecourse.
What is the Circus Maximus?
The application of science & math to develop useful structures & machines.
What is engineering?
The year of the official fall of Western Rome.
What is 476 CE?