Roman Empire

Why did the Roman EMPIRE decline?

• attack on borders

• military was too expensive and membership included non-Romans

• empire was too big to defend

• weak leaders

Which gods or goddess do the Roman and Greek share?

• Athena

• Hera

• Apollo

• Zeus

What was Caesar's grandnephew called before he became the first emperor of Rome?

• Sulla

• Scipio

• Octavian

• Mark Antony

Name of Roman contribution pictured?

• Pantheon

• Parthenon

• Colosseum

• Forum

Who wrote Aeneid?

• Euclid

• Virgil

• Constantine

• Zeus

Jupiter, Juno, Apollo, Diana, Minerva, Venus

What do they all have in common?

• Greek gods/goddesses

• Christian gods/goddesses

• Hebrew gods/goddesses

• Roman gods/goddesses

What is a form of government called in which a leader is put into office by citizens with the right to vote?

• Empire

• Monarchy

• Republic

• Theocracy

Why is mythology important to polytheistic societies?

• Explain life events

• Explains human qualities

• Explain natural phenomenas

• explain heaven

The teachings of Jesus of Nazareth led to what religion's development?

• Christianity

• Judaism

• Islam

• Buddhism

Constantine moved the capital of the Roman Empire to ______________________________ and renamed it Constantinople

• Rome

• Byzantium

• Carthage

• Athens