6th Grade - Rome and Byzantium

What is the Pax Romana?

• Time of War

• Time of Peace

• Time of Conflict

• Time of Prosperity

What started to cause the problems for the Roman Empire?

• Germanic peoples

• reliance on foreign troops for protection

• Asian countries stopped using the Silk Road

• Taxes were way too high

What did Diocletian do to the Roman Empire?

• Broke it into the United State of Europe

• Because of his awesomeness, he did not have to do anything

• He split it in half, Eastern and Western, because it was too large for one man to rule

• He held a lot of security council meetings and that frightened the Germanic tribes

How did Diocletian view the Christians?

• As a threat to the empire

• As a benefit to the empire

• Did not care about them

Where did Constantine move his capital to in 330?

• Byzantium

• Jerusalem

• Rome

• Alexandria

How did Diocletian treat the Christians?

• Persecution

• Freedom of Worship

How did Constantine treat the Christians?

• Persecution

• Freedom of Worship

What is another name for the Eastern Roman Empire?

• Western Roman Empire

• just "Empire"

• Byzantine Empire

• The Germanic Empire

Who was the greatest emperor of the Byzantine Empire?

• Justinian

• Theodora

• Constantine

• Ghengis Khan

What did the Justinian Code deal with?

• Marriage

• Slavery and Crime

• Women's Rights

• Property Rights