Chapter 1 Fall of Rome Vocabulary

an artificial channel for conveying water, typically in the form of a bridge across a valley or other gap

• Aqueduct

• Artificial

• Archetype

• Architecture

Roman emperor who, in 330 C.E., moved the capital to Byzantium and later renamed in Constantinople.

• Cornhole

• Crosshair

• Constantine

• Constant

dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery

• Corrosion

• Cold Cuts

• Corporation

• Corruption

diminish in strength or quality; deteriorate

• Recline

• Decline

• Incline

• Inline

an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress

• Empire

• President

• Premier

• Empire State Building

a picture or pattern produced by arranging together small colored pieces of hard material, such as stone, tile, or glass

• Myself

• Moped

• Mosaic

• Motion

The study of wisdom, knowledge and the nature of reality

• Philistine

• Philosophy

• Pristine

• Probably

 a popular saying meant to express something wise or true.

• Story

• Provincial

• Protect

• Proverb

 a person trained to write or copy documents by hand

• Script

• Story

• Scribe

• Stellar

An Empire that, at its height, around 200C.E., spanned the Mediterranean world and most of Europe.

• Khmer Empire

• Roman Empire

• Egyptian Empire

• Persian Empire