Fall of Rome Vocabulary

A large territory in which several groups of people are ruled by a single leader or government.

• Empire

• Republic

• Monarchy

• Democracy

The city on the eastern edge of Europe; which Constantine made the capital of the Roman Empire

• Istabul

• Babylon

• Constantinople

• Rome

Roman emperor who moved the capital to Byzantium and later renamed it

• Augustus

• Constatnine

• Julius Caesar

• Marc Antony

A form of government in which citizens elect representatives to rule for them

• democracy

• monarchy

• republic

• oligarchy

The name for the eastern Roman Empire; located at the crossroads of Europe and Asia (500-1453 CE)

• Carthaginian Empire

• Gothic Empire

• Persian Empire

• Byzantine Empire

This group was part of upper class. Ruling Class of Rome.

• Patricians

• Plebeians

• Slaves

• Priests

Which of the following was the 300 man council of patricians that passed laws, advised consuls, and dictated political appointments.

• Consuls

• Senate

• Tribunes

• Tribal Assembly

This group was part of the lower or middle class. Common people.

• Patricians
• Plebeians
• Slaves
• Priests

Corruption is

• dishonest or illegal behavior

• a part of the desert that has water and plants

• when a volcano explodes

Who attacked Rome's borders as it was falling apart?

• Egyptians

• Barbarians

• Greeks

• Persians