Roman people, events, places, and vocab
102295650 | Augustus | organized the Praetorian Guard | 0 | |
102295651 | Galen | a physician who wrote about medicine | 1 | |
102295652 | Ptolemy | an astronomer who believed that Earth was the center of the universe | 2 | |
102295653 | Virgil | the greatest Roman poet who wrote the Aeneid | 3 | |
102295654 | Horace | poet who wrote about human emotions | 4 | |
102295655 | Ovid | peot who wrote love lyrics and Metamorphoses | 5 | |
102295656 | Tacitus | one of the greatest historians who wrote Annals | 6 | |
102295657 | Plutarch | wrote Parallel Lines (includes a series of bibliographical sketches) | 7 | |
102295658 | Diocletian | reorganized the government [co-emperors (augustuses), assistants (caesars)], drove out invading empires | 8 | |
102295659 | Constantine | defended Christian religion and created a new capital city, Constantinople (used to be Byzantium) | 9 | |
102295660 | Theodisius | last ruler of a unified empire, supported Christianity | 10 | |
102295661 | Huns | tribe that threatened the empire | 11 | |
102295662 | Romulus Augustus | overthrown by Barbarian commander | 12 | |
102295663 | Pax Romana | a time of peace in Rome in which trade, manufacturing, and transportation increased | 13 | |
102295664 | 400 A.D. | Roman empire splits | 14 | |
102295665 | East | the part of the Roman Empire that hrived after the split | 15 | |
102295666 | West | The part of the Roman Empire that fell after the split | 16 | |
102295667 | Constantinople | new capital made by Constantine | 17 | |
102295668 | Inflation | rise in prices caused by the decrease in the value of the exchange | 18 | |
102295669 | Collegia | workers' trade association who were required to stay at their jobs and do comunity service | 19 | |
102295670 | Twelve Tables | Government passed new laws and judges created new ones | 20 |