The Fall of Rome

​Diocletian also created a Tetrarchy, four rulers at once. Two senior emperors and two junior emperors. He also divided the Roman empire between the east and the west.

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Verse or prose that makes fun of human weakness.

• Fable

• Satire

• Ode

• Myth

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A curved ceiling made of arches.

• dome

• mosaic

• vault

• forum

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Changes meant to bring about improvement.

• ode

• satire

• anatomy

• reform

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An ancient region and Roman province that included most of present-day France.

• Goth

• Adrianople

• Gaul

• England

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Warlike people who migrated from Northern Asia , possibly near Russia and captured territory from China to Eastern Europe.

• Huns
• Mongols
• Vikings
• Ottomans

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One of a group of Germanic tribes who invaded and destroyed territory in the Roman empire. This is where we get the word vandalism.

• Goths
• Franks
• Saxons
• Vandals

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Capital of the Byzantine Empire or Eastern Roman Empire.

• Athens
• Rome
• Constantinople
• Cairo

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Christians who are set apart because of a reported miracle performed through them

• Martyrs
• Prophets
• Disciples
• Saints

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An image created by the assembly of many small colored pieces, e.g., tiles, rocks, or glass.

• collage
• tapestry
• stained glass
• mosaic

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A person trained to fight another person to the death for public entertainment

• warrior
• mercenary
• knight
• gladiator

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A lyric or poem that expresses strong emotions about life.

• sonnet
• ode

• satire

• haiku

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An open space in Roman that served as a marketplace.

• Amphitheater
• Forum
• Circus
• Basilica

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Gladiator slave who attempted to free all slaves in Rome.

• Caesar
• Maximus
• Brutus
• Spartacus

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The language of the Romans

• Spanish
• Greek
• Latin
• French

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A general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money.

• Inflation
• Stagnation
• Deflation
• Recession

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Egyptian scientist who mapped over 1,000 stars and developed rules for planetary movements.

• Galileo

• Newton

• Copernicus

• Ptolemy

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Tribes from the Germanic territory who opposed the Roman empire

• Celts
• Visigoths

• Huns
• Saxons

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The study of body structure developed by the Greek scientist Galen

• Pathology
• Anatomy
• Biology
• Physiology