He was assassinated by a group of senators because they felt he was becoming too powerful after seizing power from them and began acting like a king when he named himself dictator for life in 45 BC.
Who is Julius Caesar
100
The religion founded in the first century AD, based on the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth.
What is Christianity
100
The name given to the Eastern Roman Empire
What is the Byzantine Empire
100
The sea that was surrounded by the Roman Empire
What is the Mediterranean Sea
100
What Christians call Jesus' rise from the dead
What is the resurrection
200
Octavian became sole ruler of Rome when this person took his own life after his army was defeated by Octavian's army. He was also married to Cleopatra.
Who is Marc Antony
200
A period of peace that lasted for the first 200 years of the Roman Empire.
What is the Pax Romana
200
Three reasons for the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
What are:
1. Empire too large to rule effectively
2. high taxes and costs of goods
3. weak corrupt leaders
4. disease
5. invasions of Germanic tribes
6. weak mercenary army
200
The group of people that Roman Roads were primarily built for so they could quickly travel
What is the army or soldiers
200
Group of men who received special training from Jesus
Who are the Apostles
300
The title given to Octavian by the senate which meant "revered" one
What is Augustus
300
The part of the Bible that tells about the life and teachings of Jesus.
What is the New Testament
300
This Germanic tribe entered and took over the city of Rome in 410 AD and again in 476 AD (which brought an end to the Western Roman Empire)
Who are the Visigoths
300
Material the Romans invented (or at least perfected) to build longer lasting structures
What is cement
300
The languages that developed from Latin.
What are Romance languages
400
Julius Caesar conquered this civilization from 58 BC- 50 BC before marching his army back into Rome
Who are the Gauls
400
This Roman emperor tried to ban Jewish rituals to end the religion. He also built a great wall in Britain and the Pantheon in Rome.
Who is Hadrian
400
This wife of Justinian gave him advice that helped bring an end to an uprisings in the Eastern Roman Empire.
Who is Theodora
400
Romans called the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire this
What is Constantinople
400
Type of execution in which a person is nailed to a cross
What is crucifixion
500
Considered by many to be one of the greatest senators of Ancient Rome, he felt power should be restored to the senate as the Republic was falling apart.
Who is Cicero
500
This person is probably most responsible for spreading Christianity after Jesus died
Who is Paul of Tarsus
500
The famous church that Justinian had constructed in Constantinople.
What is the Hagia Sophia
500
Emperor who hated Christians, wanted to be a actor, and is believed by many to have ordered Rome set on fire in 63 AD