vocabulary- Chapter 2 The Fall of the Roman Empire

Constantine

• First Christian Roman emperor, he briefly reunited the two halves of the Roman Empire. He also moved Rome's capital to Constantinople.

• First Roman emperor, he was originally named Octavian. He gained control of Rome after defeating Marc Antony in battle. As emperor, Augustus built many monuments and a new forum.

• a human-made channel that carries water from distant places

• Emperor of the eastern Roman Empire, he organized all Roman laws into a legal system called Justinian's Code. He also reconquered much of the Mediterranean and built Hagia Sophia.C

Augustus

• First Roman emperor, he was originally named Octavian. He gained control of Rome after defeating Marc Antony in battle. As emperor, Augustus built many monuments and a new forum

• Frankish king, he built a huge kingdom in Gaul.

• First Christian Roman emperor, he briefly reunited the two halves of the Roman Empire. He also moved Rome's capital to Constantinople.

• productive and not wasteful

citizen

• a person who can participate in government

• First Christian Roman emperor, he briefly reunited the two halves of the Roman Empire. He also moved Rome's capital to Constantinople.

• a plan for fighting a battle or war

• Empress of the eastern Roman Empire and Justinian's wife, she helped her husband rule.

aqueduct

• a human-made channel that carries water from distant places

• Frankish king, he built a huge kingdom in Gaul.

• a new idea or way of doing something

• Emperor of the eastern Roman Empire, he organized all Roman laws into a legal system called Justinian's Code. He also reconquered much of the Mediterranean and built Hagia Sophia.

Diocletian

• Roman emperor, he divided the Roman Empire into two halves.

• productive and not wasteful

• Emperor of the eastern Roman Empire, he organized all Roman laws into a legal system called Justinian's Code. He also reconquered much of the Mediterranean and built Hagia Sophia

• First Roman emperor, he was originally named Octavian. He gained control of Rome after defeating Marc Antony in battle. As emperor, Augustus built many monuments and a new forum.

corruption

• the decay of people's values

• Roman emperor, he divided the Roman Empire into two halves.

• a plan for fighting a battle or war

• Leader of the Huns, he led invasions of Constantinople, Greece, Gaul, and northern Italy and was greatly feared by the Romans.

Theodora

• Empress of the eastern Roman Empire and Justinian's wife, she helped her husband rule.

• a human-made channel that carries water from distant places

• the society that developed in the eastern Roman Empire after the fall of the western Roman Empire.

• First Roman emperor, he was originally named Octavian. He gained control of Rome after defeating Marc Antony in battle. As emperor, Augustus built many monuments and a new forum.

Byzantine Empire

• the society that developed in the eastern Roman Empire after the fall of the western Roman Empire.

• a picture made with pieces of colored stone or glass

• Empress of the eastern Roman Empire and Justinian's wife, she helped her husband rule.

• a person who can participate in government

efficient

• productive and not wasteful

• the decay of people's values

• First Christian Roman emperor, he briefly reunited the two halves of the Roman Empire. He also moved Rome's capital to Constantinople.

• a plan for fighting a battle or war

mosaic

• a picture made with pieces of colored stone or glass

• Leader of the Huns, he led invasions of Constantinople, Greece, Gaul, and northern Italy and was greatly feared by the Romans.

• First Roman emperor, he was originally named Octavian. He gained control of Rome after defeating Marc Antony in battle. As emperor, Augustus built many monuments and a new forum.

• First Christian Roman emperor, he briefly reunited the two halves of the Roman Empire. He also moved Rome's capital to Constantinople.