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SS Chapter 15 Lesson 1
Question | Answer |
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Roman emperor after whose death a series of problems began to weaken the empire | Marcus Aurelius |
How the government got money to pay the army and buy needed services | taxes |
Group that defended the Roman empires borders with the help of hired mercenaries | army |
Reason the ROman Empire was hard to govern | its physical size |
A soldier for hire that often had no loyalty to the empire | mercenary |
The roman emperor who split the empire in two for the first time | Dilcletian |
Term for a fuler who has totoal power | absolute ruler |
An ancient greek city that constantine chose for his new capital | Byzantium |
the new name constantine gave to Byzantium | Constantinople |
The two sectionds into wich the Roman Empire was permanently divided in AD 395 | eastern and western |