Achievements
What is the name of a structure that carries water over long distances?
Aqueducts
This Roman leader was the last ruler of the Republic era assassinated in the senate?
Julius Caesar
A landform surrounded on three sides by water
Peninsula
In Rome, a person who fought people or animals for public entertainment
Gladiator
What is another name for the Eastern Roman Empire
Byzantium
What is the curved part of a structure that is over an opening and serves as a support
Arch
Why is Caesar Augustus is known as the greatest emperor?
Introduced the Pax Romana, Established reforms that led to growth, and built most of the accomplishments we remember.
What is the northern mountain range that isolated the empire to the south?
Alps
What is the name of an ordinary citizen in the ancient Roman republic?
Plebeian
This monotheistic religion was the official religion of the Eastern Empire
Christianity
What was Rome's first written code of laws?
Twelve Tables
Who was the emperor that divided the empire?
Diocletian
What are two of the seas that surrounded the Roman empire?
Adriatic
Tyrrhenian sea
Mediterranean
A segment of land with different territories and peoples under a single rulerE
Empire
What is an idea that says all citizens are subject to the same set of laws no matter their social class?
Rule of Law
What is the name of the 200 year period of peace in Rome
Pax Romana
This emperor is known for being one of the worst and allegedly played music as Rome burned
Nero
What geographical elements made Constantinople a successful capital?
Location between land and sea trade routes
Pennsula
In ancient Rome, a member of the privileged upper class.
Patrician
What was the name of the event center that hosted chariot races, and scene of the massacre of the blues and the reds?
The Hippodrome
Checks and balances
Which emperor decided that the empire had grown too big to rule effectively, and he began to pull back?
Hadrian
People who lived and fought on the Northern Border of Rome
Germanic Peoples/Barbarians
Art consisting of a design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass?
Mosaic
What were four causes of the fall of Rome?
Over-extended military and political control
Economic decline
agriculture decline