Roman Vocabulary
All about Rome
Fall of Rome
Byzantine Empire
The Great Schism
100

Name the engineering achievement that brought water from the mountains to the city of Rome.

What is an aqueduct?

100

Which of the following places was NOT a part of the Roman Empire: Rome, Egypt, China, Asia Minor?

What is China?

100

Franks, Goths, Huns, and Vandals are examples of what…

What are barbarians?

100

He is known as the “1st Christian Emperor” of the Roman Empire?

Who is Constantine?

100

This word means "to cut" or "to break up"

What is schism?

200

This language was not only spoken by the Romans, it was also used by the Roman Catholic Church.

What is Latin?

200

According to Roman mythology, Romulus and Remus fought over Rome.  Who won?

Who is Romulus?

200

These "mistakes" including not wearing proper armor and enforcing conscription helped cause the end of Rome.

What are military mistakes?

200

This emperor was responsible for creating a new system of codes, or laws.

Who is Justinian?

200

In what church could priests marry?

What is the Roman Catholic Church?

300

Money that people pay the government so it can run a country.

What are taxes?

300

This famous Carthaginian general attacked the Roman Empire using elephants.


Who is Hannibal?

300
Life in the Roman Empire was worse than these people who took over the provinces in the East.

Who are the Huns?

300

Rome was relocated to this new city in the east.

What is Constantinople?

300

He is the leader of the Roman Catholic Church.

Who is the pope?

400

These tribes lived outside the boundaries of the Roman Empire and spoke a different language.

What are barbarians?

400

Which of the following was NOT a province of the Roman Empire:  Thrace, Britain, Gaul, or Norway?

What is Norway?

400

This "corruption" was seen through 22 assassinations of Roman emperors in a period of less than 50 years.

What is political corruption?

400

He held the ultimate power in the Eastern Orthodox Church.

Who is the emperor?

400

In the Eastern Orthodox Church, this is the main language.

What is Greek?

500

This term refers to broken down buildings that still remain.

What are ruins?

500

This person is known for starting the “Time of Peace”

Who is Emperor Augustus?

500

Rome fell because coins lost their value.  This caused the prices of goods to go up, and eventually people had to trade.

What is inflation?

500

Constantine strategically chose the city of Constantinople because, it was closer to trade ($), it was protected by a cliff, and it was surrounded by three sides of...

What is water?

500

After a fight regarding icons, the Pope had no other choice than to do this to Emperor of the Byzantine Empire.

What is excommunicate?