History- A. Rome Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Attempted to make reforms to help save the ailing republic | Julius Caesar |
Made himself absolute ruler | Julius Caesar |
Declared Exalted One and first citizen by the Senate | Octavian/Augustus |
First ruler of the Pax Romana | Octavian/Augustus |
Last great emperor of the Pax Romana | Marcus Aurelius |
Divided the empire into two parts, eastern and western | Diocletian |
Moved Roman power eastward by building a new capital cat Constantinople | Constantine |
Granted toleration to Christians through the Edict of Milan | Constantine |
foreign soldiers serving for pay | mercenaries |
nomadic people | Huns |
capital established at the city of Byzantium and was renamed ----- | Constantinople |
the rise of prices | inflation |
greatest of the early Church scholars | Augustine |
beliefs said to be contrary to official Church teachings | heresies |
bishops of Rome | popes |
high Church official responsible for everyone in his diocese | bishop |
group of people who conduct Christian services | clergy |
people who suffer or die for their beliefs | martyrs |
a name that means "a person sent forth" | apostle |
anointed king sent by God | messiah |
application of science and mathematics to develop useful structures and machines | engineering |
bridge like stone structures that carried water from the hills into Roman cities | aqueducts |
astronomer-mathematician | Ptolemy |
picture made from chips of colored stone or glass | mosaic |
make fun of | satirize |
population count | census |
Exalted One | Augustus |
an ambitious military commander | Julius Caesar |
two young plebeian brothers | Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus |
wealthy families brought up huge farming estates | latifundia |
establishing control over foreign lands and peoples | imperialism |
block | veto |
the plebeians gained the right to elect their own officials | tribunes |
ruler who has complete control over a government | dictator |
members of the landholding upper class | patricians |
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