Chapter 12 Lesson 2 Flashcards
Who was the last of the 5 emperors to resign? A.Constine B.Diocletian C.Marcus Aurelius
C. Marcus Aurelius
What did Commodus do?
He wasted money, he wasted time-fighting as a gladiator.
Who killed Commodus?
His body guard.
The army ______ ______ but ignored crime and poverty.
Paid well
The _________ grew weak but the ___ became very powerful.
government army
In 50 years there were __ different emperors
22
The government the economy____.
weakened
Roman soldiers and foreign attacked farms and _______ trade.
disrupted
Inflation and price on things____
skyroked
A ____ killed 1 in 10 people in the empire
plague
The government started to hire Germanic soldiers. And they had no loyalty to the empire. True or False
True
Diocletian built…
forts along frontiers
Constantine helped improve the economy by…
Wanting a stable workforce and military.
Theodosius
Realized the empire was too large. When he died he wanted to have the empire split into 2.
Theodosius wanted to split the empire into 2 when he died… the eastern was… and the western was…
Eastern; constantinople
Western; Rome