| A | B |
|---|
| Inflation | the value of money drops and the cost of items went up |
| Diocletian | He split Rome into two parts to make it easier for the government administer |
| Byzantium | a Greek settlement where the new Roman capital was built |
| Constantinople | the new name given to the capital of the Eastern empire |
| 395 A.D. | The year the empire divided |
| Byzantine Empire | the eastern part of the empire. Religion was Eastern Orthodox |
| Roman Empire | the western part of the empire. Its religion is Roman Catholic |
| Barbarians | the name the Romans gave to the Germanic people from the north |
| Huns | an Asian tribe. They invaded the northern/eastern Europe |
| Attila | the leader of the Huns |
| Visigoths | they sacked Rome in 378 A.D |
| Alaric | the leader of the Visigoths |
| Vandals | the German tribe who did a lot of damage to Rome |
| Odoacer | the German who proclaimed himself King of Rome |
| Greek | the language of the Byzantine Empire |
| Latin | the language of Roman Empire |
