Latin 1- The Roman Empire

Rome’s last emperor. _____ Augustulus

Romulus

This Roman Emperor was named Octavian. What name did he give himself?

Augustus

This Roman Emperor persecuted Christians and "fiddled while Rome burned".

Nero

This emperor built an enormous wall in Britain and rebuilt the Pantheon.

Hadrian

The first Christian emperor.

Constantine

Conquered Jerusalem in 70A.D.

Titus

This emperor divided the empire into and Eastern and Western Empire

Diocletian

This emperor ruled Rome when it was at its greatest size from 98 AD to 117 AD

Trajan

This emperor ruled after Augustus, 14–37 AD.

Tiberius

The “Peace of Rome” established by Augustus: _____ Romana

Pax

The lavish estate built by the emperor Nero : _____ Aurea

Domus

A water supply or navigable channel constructed to convey water.

Aqueduct

The emperor who began building the Colosseum

Vespasian

He deposed the last emperor, Romulus Augustulus, on 4 September 476AD.

Odoacer

Mount ______ erupted in 79AD and buried the towns of Herculaneum and Pompeii.

Vesuvius

The Edict of _____ granted religious toleration to Christians in the Roman Empire.

Milan

One of the last major battles (378 AD) in which the Romans were defeated by the Goths.

Adrianople

The major seaport used by the Romans at the mouth of the Tiber River.

Ostia

The major body of water to the west of Rome. _____ Sea

Tyrrhenian

He wrote The Aeneid, the story of Aeneas, an ancestor of Rome’s founders.

Vergil

The central marketplace and civic center of Rome, used for government, religion, and public life.

Forum

The most famous Roman road linking Rome to southern Italy: Via _____

Appia

Roman emperor who made Christianity the official religion of the empire in 380AD.

Theodosius