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Vocabulary Check-In
Emperors, Emperors, Emperors
100
Roman authors got their inspiration from _________ works.
What are Greek?
100
Rows of columns
What are colonnades?
100
Spanish, Italian and French come from ________.
What is Latin?
100
Prices that rise quickly
What is inflation?
100
The first emperor of Rome
Who is Augustus?
200
A writing that teaches by making readers laugh at the silly things humans do
What is a Satire?
200
________ and ________ connected the Roman Empire.
What are roads and bridges?
200
Material used by Romans to build roads that is still used today on streets and in buildings?
What is concrete?
200
Political change to make things better
What is reform?
200
This emperor wanted to reunite the Roman empire and ordered General Belisarius to do it.
Who is Justinian?
300
An emotional poem about life
What is an Ode?
300
Rows of Arches
What is a vault?
300
This religion began in the Roman Empire after the government adopted it in the A.D. 300s.
What is Christianity?
300
To exchange goods and services without using money
What is barter?
300
He moved the capital away from Rome to the east and called it Constantinople.
Who was Constantine?
400
This poet wrote Odes and Satires.
Who is Horace?
400
This Roman building is still around today and was used for gladiator fights
What is the Colosseum?
400
A __________is a type of government made up of equal citizens that is also what is used today in the U.S.
What is a republic?
400
long ditch designed to bring water from the hills to the cities
What is aqueduct?
400
He divided the Empire into four parts
Who is Diocletian?
500
He wrote "The History of Rome"
Who is Livy?
500
This famous building is a temple built for Rome's gods.
What is the Pantheon?
500
An idea we still use today is that we believe that all people are equal under the _______.
What is law?
500
The study of body structure
What is anatomy?
500
The four emperors that came after Augustus were called the...
What are the Julio-Claudia emperors?