Constantine

Why did Constantine spend little time with his father?

• His father was a soldier and had to travel

• His father was dead

• Constantine was a orphan

• Constantine was annoying

Who was Constantine inspired by when he was young?

• By his teacher

• By Jesus

• By his father

• By toys and stories of heroes, like Caesar

Why did Constantine and his father become distant(separate)?

• His father became a ship

• His father left to become governor of Gaul

• His father abandoned him for another babymama

• Constantine died

Why did Emperor Diocletian decide to split the Roman Empire in 2?

• It was too large for 1 man to control

• He needed money so he sold the West to Barbarians

• He was racist and believed the Romans in the west were weak

• God was protecting the East

How did emperor Diocletian want to avoid problems with succession (who rules next)?

• He made a system which allowed Emperors to choose who was next

• He made everyone fight to the death, the survivor became Emperor

• There can only be 1 emperor

• There were always 2 Emperors so it did not matter

What is a tetrarchy?

• Rule of 4

• the Roman version of tetris

• rule of tres

• complete anarchy!

Why was Constantine not allowed in the meetings with Emperor Diocletian?

• Emperor Diocletian did not trust Constantine

• Constantine was too young

• Diocletian was racist

• No invitation

What were the new types of emperor called in the Tetrarchy?

• The senior Emperors were called Augustus, and the Juniors were called Caesars

• The great, and the minor

• Augustus

• Caesar

What helped Constantine become a great military leader?

• Because he was Ignored by Diocletian he dedicated his time in learning about the military

• Constantine was a natural military genious

• He joined the army (legions)

• Emperor Diocletian motivated Constantine

were the 4 Emperors equal in power?

• No only 1 had real power

• no the 2 senior emperors had all the power while the 2 juniors trained to rule

• yes they are all Emperors

• yes, but the juniors took over when the seniors died