Constantine
What did Constantine believe would unite the Roman Empire?
Christianity
What were the Theodosian Decrees?
They were laws that banned Paganism and supported Christianity
Who first unites the Visigoths into one nation?
Alaric
What church did Justinian build in Constantinople?
The Hagia Sophia
What religion was Muhammad the first prophet of?
Islam (Muslim religion)
Who did Constantine defeat at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge?
Maxentius
Magnus Maximus eventually takes over most of the Western Roman Empire; in what country did he start as a soldier?
Britain
Geiseric
What group of people was Clovis the king of?
The Franks
Was Stilicho a Roman Emperor or the puppet master behind a figure-head emperor?
He was a puppet master
What were the names of the three sections of the Roman Empire that were created for Constantine's sons after his death?
Prefecture of Gaul, Prefecture of Italy, Prefecture of the East
How did Valentinian die?
He went crazy and then died of a stroke
Vortigern allies himself with what group of people to help him defeat the Picts?
The Saxons
What was the title given to Charlemagne by Pope Leo III?
Holy Roman Emperor
Who wins and ends up king of Italy--Odovacer or Theodoric?
Theodoric
In what century did Constantine rule the Roman Empire?
The fourth century (300s A.D.)
What two sects of Christianity did Valentinian and Valens belong to?
Valentinian was a traditional (orthodox) Christian, while Valens was an Arian
What group of Barbarians first takes over southern Hispannia and then creates and settles their own kingdom in Northern Africa?
The Vandals
Who was the famous grandson of Charles Martel?
Charlemagne
What group of people invades Hispannia and almost completely wipes out the rest of the Visigoths who were living there in the early 700s?
The Arabs (Muslims)
Who did Constantine defeat at the Battle of Chrysopolis?
Licinius
Who takes over as new co-emperors after Valentinian and Valens die?
Gratian and Theodosius I
The Huns set out to attack Western Rome because Valentinian III refused to allow Attila to marry his sister; what was his sister's name?
Honoria
Niall of the Nine Hostages unites Ireland into one kingdom and then begins attacking what two countries?
Britain and Gaul
Who was the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire?
Romulus Augustulus