A | B |
Pantheon | features a large dome, was built using concrete, and is dedicated to all of the Roman Gods |
Roman Technology | The Arch, Roads, Aqueducts |
Pax Romana | Roman Peace |
Civil Service System | Required people to display their skills or capabilities before getting certain government jobs |
Virgil | The Roman poet who wrote the Aeneid |
Ptolemy | Made major contributions in science and astronomy |
Diocletian | divided the roman empire into 2 seperate halves |
Byzantium | the city that constantine renamed as constantinople |
the first roman emperor | Augustus Caesar |
Causes of fall for the Roman Empire | Inflation, Invasion, Political Unrest |
Roman Republic | Representative Democracy |
Rome expanded trade and became more unified when... | they adopted a common currency for the empire. |
476 AD | The end of the Roman Empire, There was no roman empire |
Eastern Roman Empire | Lasted longer than the western Roman Empire |
The Colosseum | Romans were entertained by Gladiator Battles and other events here. |
Aqueduct | Designed to move water, used the roman arch in design |
Roads | Romans were excellent at building them, they united the empire |
Latin | Language of the Romans |
a technological advancement the Romans used to support large amounts of weight | The arch |
the major economic problem for Rome in which prices rose... | inflation |
people elect officials to represent them in government | representative democracy |
Citizens | All Roman Males who could participate in government |
Patricians | The class of wealthy nobles in Rome |
Plebeians | The class of common people in rome |
Citizens in the Republic | Had to join the military; had to pay taxes |
Germanic Tribes | Different groups that invaded Rome and led to the fall of the empire |
Punic Wars | Rome Versus Carthage |
Julius Caesar | Formed the First Triumvirate and would later be dictator for life |
Early Roman Religion | Based on Greek, Polytheistic Religion |
Two people elected for one year terms as head of the executive branch | consuls |
Dictator | In times of crisis, the roman republic would elect this person to overrule the consuls |
Julius Caesar, Marcus Crassus, Pompey | 1st Triumvirate |
Overexpansion of territory, foreign invasions, moral decay | all led to the fall of Rome |
The roman empire expanded into | asa minor, north africa, and the british isles |
roman architecture | borrowed ideas from Greek architecture |
The Pax Romana impacted Rome in.... | Politics, Economic Growth, and Social Structure |
The Roman Empire fell because of... | Foreign invasion, Moral Decay, and overexpansion of territory |
The PAX ROMANA led to | increased stability, technological advancements, and economic prosperity |
The ROMAN EMPIRE WAS led by, | An emperor with absolute power |
The 300 member house of the legislative branch in the Roman Republic with members elected for life was | The Senate |
Roman Citizens | SERVED IN MILITARY, PAID TAXES |
Civil wars among different powerful generals | Led to the decline of the Roman Empire |
Marc Antony | was defeated by Octavian to make him the most powerful man in Rome |
The proper order of status among social groups in Rome. | Patricians, Plebeians, Slaves |
Tribunes | Represented the Plebeians in Roman Government. |
The cause of the PUNIC WARS | Competition for Trade |
Hannibal | The leader of the Cartheginians during the 2nd Punic War |
Jupiter | Roman God equivalent to the Greek God Zeus. |