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Rome Review
Review of The Roman Empire
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| In 27B.C. was appointed Consul, Tribune and Commander in Chief for life | Octavian |
| define Emperor | absolute ruler |
| lasted over 200 years | Pax Romana |
| Some of Octavians reforms included appointing ___________ who could not exploit the provinces | proconsuls |
| The building of new roads and buildings were reforms of the 1st emperor___________ | Octavian |
| The Julio-Claudian Emperors were | the first four emperors after Octavian, they were considered part of his family |
| __________ succeeded Octavian and accused many of treason | Tiberius |
| The last five emperors of the Pax Romana were known as the _____ emperors | good |
| Augustus (Octavian) chose professional ______________ to rule the provinces | governors |
| After Nero's death, Rome was ruled for 28 years by a succession of emperors who were chosen by the ______ | Army |
| 27 B.C to 180 A.D. are the official dates given to the | Pax Romana |
| the emperor who increased the empire to its greatest size was | Trajan |
| The last emperor of the Pax Romana was | Marcus Aurelius |
| This Julio-Claudian emperor succeeded Claudius, was cruel and insane and was willing to bankrupt Rome for his pleasures (music and horse racing), he committed suicide | Nero |
| the deliver chosen by God was known to the Hebrews as the | Messiah |
| This emperor built defensive positions including a wall in Great Britain | Hadrian |
| The five good emperors were | Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antonius Pius and Marcus Aurelius |
| In Rome this means enlightened one or divine one | Augustus Caesar |
| The mentally disturbed successor of Tiberius who was killed by a palace guard | Caligula |
| The empire getting two large necessitated that new ____ be established that applied to non-citizens | laws |
| by 160 A.D. these became a major problem | invasions |
| this period had a stability that boosted trade, raised the standard of living and generated achievement in the Arts | the Pax Romana |
| the laws that deal with non-citizens were called the | jus gentium |
| by 160 A.D. the poor were provided food and entertainment to celebrate over 130 of these | holidays |
| These laws were created from all Roman Laws due to the fact that citizenship had been granted to so many provinces that two sets of laws were not needed | the Law of Nations |
| early Rome worshipped Nature Spirits and later accepted the ________ religion and its gods | Greek |
| this man wrote over 140 history books which contained a great deal of non factual information | Livy |
| The first major road built for Rome was called the ` | Appian Way |
| artificial channels for carrying water were known as | Aqueducts |
| Virgil wrote the ________ which was an epic poem comparable to Homer's | Aeneid |
| The roman senator known for his oratorical skills (speeches) was | Cicero |
| The is the entire body of Hebrew religious law | Torah |
| Christianity was thought to be a _______ of Judaism | sect |
| these are defined as followers | disciples |
| The problem that the Romans had with _______ was the emotions he aroused which could cause trouble for the province | Jesus |
| The Romans thought that Christian rejection would arouse their | gods wrath |
| The appeal of Christianity to the poor was that it offered | eternal Life |
| Christianity appealed to more people in the cities because that is where the _____ lived and it became known as the religion of the cities | poor |
| this leader had a dream where he saw a flaming cross with the words with this symbol you will have victory, he had his soldiers use the symbol and they won, he was | Constantine |
| Constantine became this is in 312 A.D. | the protector of Christianity |
| The ______ OF ______Christians were free to worship the way that they pleased, this was issued by Constantine | edict of milan |
| Christians refused to honor the _______ as a god, rejected military service and were accused of treason, these issues made them very unpopular with the romans | emperor |
| this emperor made christianity the official religion of Rome and banned the old hellenistic and Roman religions | Theodosius |
| there were five leading cities and each had a bishop called | patriarchs |
| The eastern patriarch's did not agree with the Bishop of Rome having authority over them and eventually separated and their church became known as the | Eastern Orthodox Church |
| During the reign of Five Good Emperors there was very little if any ___________ violence | political |
| Marcus Aurelius was succeeded by his son _____________, who was like Nero and bankrupted the treasury | Commodus |
| From 192 A.D. to 284 A.D. there were ____ emperors placed into power by army legions | 28 |
| Political instability in the empire led to __________ decline | economic |
| a rise in prices corresponding to a decrease in the value of money is called | inflation |
| two emperors attempted to end the decline in the 200 to 300 A.D time period, they were | Diocletion and Constantine |
| Diocletion issued attempted to stop economic decline by implementing the _______ of ________ which froze wages and set a maximum prices for goods | The Edict of Prices |
| ______________ replaced Diocletion in 312 A.D. and reinforced his reforms | Constantine |
| in 330 A.D. Constantine moved the capital of the Eastern Empire to B_____________ and renamed it _______________ | Byzantium, Constantinople |
| Constantine was eventually replaced by T___________ | Theodosius |
| __________ tribes invaded Roman Empire looking for grazing land, a warmer climate and a share of the empires wealth | Germanic |
| The unifying factor of the Germanic tribes was their _________ which the Romans considered unintelligible and because of this they called them ___________ | language, barbarians |
| The __________ rebelled against Roman Rule and killed the eastern Roman emperor and the successor gave them land to secure peace | Visigoths |
| The ____ invaded and plundered Italy until plague and famine decreased their numbers and their fierce leader _________ died | Huns, Attila |
| The Huns were gone, Italy was devastated and their was nothing to stop the Germanic tribes then the _______ raided and sacked Rome | Vandals |
| In 476 A.D. __________a German general seized control of Rome and overthrew Romulus Augustulus and declared himself king | Odoacer |
| The Roman Empire ended thru a series of complex events but many refer to ____ A.D. as the end of the empire when __________ took over | 476, Odoacer |
| The Roman aspects of the _________ empire had gradually been replaced by Hellenistic culture | Byzantine |
| By the 700's A.D ________ replaced Latin in the Byzantine Empire | Greek |
| The _________ ______________ became the basis for French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian | Roman Alphabet |
| Augustus formed the ___________ guard, highly paid soldiers intended to guard the emperor | Praetorian |
| This emperor attempted to have his horse elected Consul | Caligula |
| This emperor was thought to be insane and murdered his mother, wife and Claudius's son, A fire in 64A.D. devastated Rome and he blamed the fire on the Christians | Nero |
| Vespasian and his decendants including Domitian were known as the _______ dynasty | Flavian |
| The building of Colosseum (coliseum)was ordered by | Vespasian |
| ________ was the son of Vespasian, he was a benevolent ruler who completed building the Colosseum, during his reign the disaster of Pompeii took place | Titus |
| There were five good emperors, this emperor only lasted fifteen months and his greatest achievement was to adopt Trajan and name him successor | Nerva |
| This emperor was famous for strengthening the defenses of Rome, he built walls in Germany and one in England | Hadrian |
| This emperor is regarded as one of the five greatest emperors in Roman History, a great intellectual and miltary leader who had a firm desire for peace, the last ruler of the Pax Romana | Marcus Aureluis |
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