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Fall of Rome
Vocabulary that goes with BrainPop - Fall of Rome
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Augustus Caesar | had tremendous power, switched from republic to empire during his reign |
| Commodus | all powerful emperor who ignored recommendations of the Senate |
| Diocletian | emperor who realized empire could not be governed the same way anymore so he spilt it in half and he ruled the eastern half |
| Maximian | ruled the western half of the empire after the split |
| Constantine | declared Constantinople capital of eastern Roman empire |
| Romulus Augustus | last Roman emperor who surrendered power and Roman rule officially came to an end |