Roman general who became dictator for life

influential Roman Senator who ordered Caesar to give up command of his armies

the first emperor of Rome

money

Roman Peace; a period of general peace and prosperity in the Roman Empire that lasted from 27 BCE to 180 CE

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

languages that developed from Latin, such as Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian

a legal system based on written code of laws

a religion based on the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth that developed in Judea at the beginning of the first century CE

founder of Christianity

the holy book of the religion of Christianity

a type of execution in which a person was nailed to a cross

in Christianity, Jesus’s rise from the dead

followers

disciple whose letters defined Christianity as separate from Judaism

Roman emperor who became a Christian

emperor who divided the Roman Empire into two parts

fearsome Hun leader who attacked Rome’s eastern empire

the decay of people’s values

last ruler of the Roman Empire

Justinian’s wife, a wise woman who advised her husband during his reign

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