4/27-5/1 History Quiz

Pax Romana ended with the death of

• Marcus Aurelius

• Commodus

• Julius Caesar

• Mark Anthony

____________ was the vicious and insane son of Marcus Aurelius whose own advisors had him killed.

• Commodus

• Diocletian

• Augustus

• Nero

The _____, a nomadic group from Asia, invaded the territory of the "barbarian" Germanic tribes forcing the tribes to seek the safety of the Roman Empire.

• Huns

• Celts

• Assyrians

• Persians

__________ decided that the Empire was too large to govern by himself so he divided the Empire into 2 parts. He controlled the East and his co-emperor controlled the West.

• Diocletian

• Commodus

• Constantine

• Marcus Aurelius

Diocletian issued the ____________ which froze wages and capped prices for products to slow inflation, but it failed when the Romans turned to illegal, or black, markets.

• Edict of Prices

• Edict of Milan

• Edict of Rome

• Edict of Inflation

Diocletian required farmers who rented their land to

• remain on their property and required workers to remain at the same job for their entire life.

• work for free to provide food for the empire, but they didn't have to pay rent anymore.

• find another job and leave farming for the people who could afford to buy their land.

• farm the land for 5 years before they could change jobs.

Diocletian passed edicts

• condemning Christianity

• making Christianity the only allowed religion

• encouraging people to convert to Christianity

• protecting Christians from persecution

In 324 ______ defeated the Eastern Emperor and became ruler of the entire Empire.

• Constantine

• Diocletian

• Augustus

• Nero

The Edict of Milan granted

• freedom of religion to groups in the Roman Empire.

• the right to kill people for being Jewish or Christian

• the right to raise prices on the things you sell

• the right for people not born in Rome to become Roman citizens

Constantine declared most jobs________so sons had to follow their father's occupation

• hereditary

• compulsory

• belligerent

• meritorious