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Labor shortage
A(n) ________ created by plague (an epidemic disease) affected both military recruiting and the economy.
gladiator Spartacus
Led by the ________, the revolt broke out in southern Italy and involved seventy thousand slaves.
Marcus Aurelius
________, the last of the five good emperors, died in A.D. 180.
Roman
________ boys learned reading and writing, moral principles and family values, law, and physical training to prepare them to be soldiers.
western emperor
In 476, the ________, Romulus Augustulus, was deposed by the Germanic head of the army.
Caesar
________ marched on Rome, starting a civil war between his forces and those of Pompey and his allies.
Jesus
________ believed that his mission was to complete the salvation that God had promised to Israel throughout its history.
Diocletian
At the end of the third and the beginning of the fourth centuries, the Roman Empire gained a new lease on life through the efforts of two emperors, ________ and Constantine.
Pax Romana
The ________ lasted for almost a hundred years.
Italy
The Greeks came to ________ in large numbers during the age of Greek colonization (750- 550 B.C .)
Augustus
________ maintained a standing army of 28 legions, or about 150, 000 men.
Great landowners
The patricians were ________, who became Romes ruling class.
ern Italy
The son of a small landholder in north- ________ near Mantua, he (Virgil) welcomed the rule of Augustus and wrote his greatest work, the Aeneid, in honor of Rome.
Hannibal
________ entered Spain, moved east, and crossed the Alps with an army of about 46, 000 men, a large number of horses, and 37 battle elephants.
Triumvirate
A(n) ________ is a government by three people with equal power.
Christian communities
He (Paul) founded ________ throughout Asia Minor and along the shores of the Aegean Sea.
second centuries BC
During the third and ________, the Romans adopted many features of the Greek style of art.
Asia
The Huns, who came from ________, moved into eastern Europe and put pressure on the Germanic Visigoths.
Constantine
________ began his reign in 306, and by 324 he had emerged as the sole ruler of the empire.
Dictator
A(n) ________ is an absolute ruler.
fourth century
In the ________, Christianity prospered as never before when Constantine became the first Christian emperor.
Peter
________ was recognized as the leader of the apostles.
Crassus
________ was known as the richest man in Rome.
spread of Roman
Cities were important in the ________ cul- ture, Roman law, and the Latin language.
Antony
________ allied himself with the Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII.
Christianity
________ began as a movement within Judaism.
Slavery
________ was common throughout the ancient world.
Augustus
________ stabilized the frontiers of the Roman Empire, conquering many new areas.
Trajan
________ extended Roman rule into Dacia (modern Romania), Mesopotamia, and the Sinai Peninsula.
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