End of The Roman Empire

Emperor who greatly expanded the Roman Empire through military conquest

Trajan

Emperor who planned to rename Rome after himself/killed by his wrestling partner

Emperor who is believed to have instigated the great fire of Rome in order to expand his palace

Emperor who visited almost every province in the Roman Empire and tried to unify the people

Hadrien

Emperor who wrote the meditations based on his stoic personality

Marcus Aurelius

Emperor who led the most peaceful period of the empire without ever leaving Italy

Antonius Pius

Emperor who built the wall across Roman Britain and the pantheon

Hadrien

Great military leader that defended the empire against many barbarian invasions

Marcus Aurieles

Emperor who started the tradition of choosing his successor during his reign

Nerva

Emperor who ordered a section of the audience to be thrown into the games because he was bored

Caligula

Contributions of the Roman Empire

Roman laws, roads, aqueducts, architecture

Group who made up the plebians

Commoners, farmers, merchants

Effect of gladiator contests on audience

Entertainment and distraction

Cause of crisis of 180 CE

Death of Marcus aurielus, succession of commodos

Emperor who divided the Roman empire

DIocletian

What was the edict of milan

Religious tolerance for christianity

Group of people who ended the Roman empire

Germanic tribes (visigoths, vandals, etc)

Building material first used by the romans

Concrete

Purpose of aqueducts

transport water

Purpose of Roman roads

trade and army transport

Definition of pax romana

Roman peace, long period of stability

Two things that emperors spent too much money on

Military, entertainment

Causes of the fall of rome

Military weakness, bad emperors, barbarian invasions