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| Causes of the decline of the Roman Republic | civil war, inflation, slavery |
| Roots of Christianity are found in | Judaism |
| What is the Appian Way? | main road between Rome and Southern Italy |
| New Testament | Christian part of Bible |
| Beliefs of Christianity | Jesus was Son of God, Life after Death, Monotheism |
| The Apostles | disciples carried out ideas of Christianity |
| Facts about early Christianity | persecuted by Romans, religion conflicted with polytheistic Romans, Peter was an apostle |
| The New Testament consists of | the teachings of Jesus and early Christian writings |
| Constantine | legalized Christianity and converted |
| Paul | spread Christianity throughout Rome, second founder |
| After fall of Rome, this unified western Europe | Christian Church |
| Aqueducts | plumbing system designed to bring water into Rome |
| Romance languages | Italian, Portugese, French, Spanish |
| Facts about Christian Church in Late Roman Empire | loyalty to church most important, moral authority, hierarchy included parishes and dioceses |
| Principle of law from 12 Tables adopted by US | innocent until proven guilty |
| Colosseum | main arena for public entertainment and gladiator games in Rome |
| Virgil | wrote Aeneid |
| Ptolemy | Egyptian astronomer who believed the earth was the center of the solar system |
| Pantheon | Roman building dedicated to all Roman gods |
| Byzantium was renamed | Constantinople, the capital of the Roman Empire |
| 476 A.D. | the Fall of Rome |
| WD-Christianity | Religion based on the teachings of Jesus |
| WD-inflation | economic situation in which prices rise quickly while the value of money decreases |
| Diocletian | first revival emperor, split empire into East and West, made many reforms |
| Constantine | First emperor to convert to Christianity, Ordered building of Constantinople |
| Alaric | Chief of Visigoths, sacked Rome in 410 |
| Odoacer | Chief of Germanic Tribe that sacked Rome for the last time in 476 |
| Commodus | first ruler of the decline of Rome |
| Fall of Rome | Happened because of Economic, Military, Social and Political Problems |
