Roman Society
What type of government did Rome have?
Representative Democracy
Who leads the Roman Catholic Church and what language do they speak?
The Pope, Latin
Justinian
Who fought in the Punic Wars?
Rome and Carthage
Who was the founder and leader of Christianity?
Jesus of Nazareth
These were the wealthy ruling class of Rome:
Patricians
The Romans faced invasions and attacks from these tribes:
Germanic
What language was spoken in the Byzantine Empire?
Greek
This man invaded the Italian Peninsula by using elephants:
Hannibal
What is the holy text of Christianity?
New Testament
These were the poor working class of Rome:
Plebians
Byzantium
What type of art style was popular in the Byzantine Empire?
Mosaics
This Caesar rose to power after a civil war:
Julius
Martyrs, popular message, apostles
Which location in the city of Rome was a temple?
Pantheon
Which lasted longer after the division of the Roman Empire: The Western Roman Empire or the Eastern Roman Empire?
Eastern Roman Empire
What version of Christianity was practiced in the Byzantine Empire?
Greek/Eastern Orthodox
Augustus Caesar rose to power after defeating this man:
Marc Antony
Christianity was legalized after Emperor Constantine ____________ to the religion.
Converted
Name a Roman god or goddess:
Jupiter, Juno, Apollo, Dianna, Minerva, Venus
The Byzantines influenced Russia in several ways. What alphabet was eventually adopted by the Slavic peoples?
Cyrillic
The Hagia Sophia was a church located in Constantinople. What about the architecture allows it to be identified as Byzantine?
Points
The Roman Empire spread to Western Europe including Gaul, this modern-day nation:
France
What event signaled the split of the Christian church?
The Great Schism of 1054