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Roman Civ. bvick.wh
Chapter 9 Vocabulary - Roman Civilization
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Roman writer - famous for the Aeneid (which describes the adventures of the Trojan prince Aeneas and how he came to Italy) | Virgil |
| Writer known for his satires(works that poked fun at human weaknesses) | Horace |
| A Greek doctor who brought many medical ideas to Rome - emphasized the anatomy | Galen |
| studied the sky and mapped over 1,000 stars; held to an earth centered view of the universe | Ptolemy |
| gladiator that lead a force of 70,000 slaves to revolt against Rome | Spartacus |
| New capital of Rome | Constantinople |
| This emperor divided the Roman Empire into 4 parts | Diocletian |
| Man who moved the capital from Rome to Byzantium and renamed it | Constantine |
| Emperor after Constantine who divided the Empire into the Eastern and Western Roman Empires | Theodosius |
| Visigoth leader that captured Rome in A.D. 410 | Alaric |
| German general that overthrew the Western Roman Empire in A.D. 476. This marked the end of the Western Roman Empire | Odoacer |
| Inland sea between southeastern Europe and Asia Minor | Black Sea |
| Gulf of the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Asia Minor, north of Crete | Aegean Sea |
| One of the Emperors of the Byzantine Empire; his wife Theodora helped him rule; reformed the law code which has had an influence on many countries in Europe | Justinian |
| Byzantine general that conquered most of Italy and Northern Africa | Belisarius |
| A group of legal scholors that were brought together to reform the law code | Tribonian |
| A curved structure of stone or concrete forming a ceiling or roof | Vault |
| Work that pokes fun at human weaknesses | Satire |
| A poem that expresses strong emotions about life | Ode |
| A study of the body structure | Anatomy |
| Open space in Rome that served as a market place and public square | Forum |
| In acient Rome, person who fought animals and other people as public entertainment | Gladiator |
| Name for the father as head of a household in ancient Rome | Paterfamilias |
| Public speaking | Rhetoric |
| Disease that spreads quickly and kills many people | Plague |
| Period of rapidly increasing prices | Inflation |
| To exchange goods without using money | Barter |
| Change that tries to bring about an improvement | Reform |
| Pictures made from many bits of colored glass, tile, or stone | Mosaic |
| Christian holy person | Saint |
| Person who acts as a temporary ruler (not a dictator) | Regent |
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