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SS_15.1
SS Chapter 15 Lesson 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |