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Rome/Byzantine Flashcards

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What is a gladiator

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A person who fought people and animals for public entertainment

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What is satire

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Writing that pokes fun at human weakness

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What is an ode

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A poem that expresses strong emotion about life

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What term means “a curved ceiling”

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Vault

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What is anatomy

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The study of the bodys structure

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What are reforms

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Political changes to bring improvement

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What is a mosaic

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Patterns of pictures made from small pieces of colored glass or stone

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Who are saints

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Christian holy people

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What are some main differences between Roman men and women

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Men: Head of household, could be full citizens
Women: Raised children, rarely worked outside of the home, could not be full citizens

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What did Romans believe when it came to Religion

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They had multiple gods and goddesses, similar to Greek gods

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What is the difference between Greek and Roman statues

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Greek: Perfect and showed no flaws
Roman: Showed imperfections

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Who were gladiators originally?

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Enslaved people forced to fight

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What did gladiators originate as

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Funeral cerimonies

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Who were the gladiators during the height of the Roman empire

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Volunteers who wanted to be famous

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What is another name for the Roman Colosseum and why

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Flavian Amphitheater

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Who was the emperor when the Colosseum first opened

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Titus

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Who was the emperor who participated in some gladiator fights

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Commodus

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What are Aqueducts

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Concrete structures created by Romans that carried water into cities

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What is Latin and when did it stop being commonly spoken

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Language of Ancient Rome and Scholars, 1700’s

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What is the importance of roman numerals and is there anything that still uses them today

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Essential for communication and trade during the Roman Empire, Super Bowl numbers

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What happened to the Roman Army and government after Pax Romana

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The army got stronger and the Government got weaker

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What is the reason for so many emperors being on throne during the decline

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Legions would fight to place their generals on the throne because they were not loyal to the government

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What were some major troubles of the Roman Empire during the decline

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Financial trouble, inflation, army was not loyal, empire was to big to manage, invaders started attacking

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Who was Diocletian and what did he do

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Emperor of Rome who tried to enforce new reforms as a way to save the empire

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Who was Constantine and what did he do

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Emperor of Rome who moved the capital from Rome to Byzantium —> Constantinople

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What was the capital of the Western Empire

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Rome

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What was the capital of the Eastern Empire

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Constantinople

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Who were the Huns and who was the most famous of them

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Barbarian invaders from the north of Rome who attacked multiple groups of people and dominated most of the battles they fought. Attila the hun

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Who were the Ostrogoths and what did they do

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Invaders from the modern Ukraine area and they took over Rome

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Who were the Vandals and where were they from

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Invaders from the modern Poland area who also took Rome over one at a time

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Who was Odacer

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A Germanic Barbarian who over threw the emperor and became the first king of Italy

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Who was Romulus Augustus of Rome and what is significant about him

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He was the last emperor of Rome and was only 14 years old

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What is the date of the official fall of Rome

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476 AD

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Why was Constantinople known as New Rome

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It was modeled after Rome and Constantine had plans to make it better and stronger Rome after the original one started to decline

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What were some reasons why the location of Constantinople was so important

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Location on a peninsula heavily protected it and it was in a perfect crossroad between trade with Europe and Asia

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Who heavily influenced the Byzantine Empire at first

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Rome

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Who heavily influenced the Byzantine Empire later on

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Greek

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What was the main language of the Byzantine Empire

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Greek

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Who was the most notable emperor of the Byzantine empire

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Justinian

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How did Justinians life begin

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Born to peasant parents

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Who were main influences in Justinians life

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His Uncle Justin

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How did he end up being emperor

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He was appointed co-emperor Justinian and then Justinian died shortly after

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Who was Justinians wife

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Theodora

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What is one of Theodoras accomplishments

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First person to push for womens rights and make change

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What was the main religion of the Byzantine Empire

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Christianity

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What were some reasons for the split from the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church

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RCC- Pope was the head of the church
EOC- God was head of the church

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What was the Hagia Sofia

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Christian church built during the reign of Justinian, later turned into a mosque by the ottoman empire

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What painters did Byzantine paintings influence in the future

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Italian Renaissance

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What was Justinians code

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A set of laws created by Emperor Justinian

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What was the goal of Justinian in military conquest

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Restore Rome to its former glory

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What was the major strength of Justinians army

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Use of calvary

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What parts of old Rome did Justinian conquer

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Italy, parts of spain, northern africa

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What halted all the progress that justinian had made for the glory of the empire

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Justinians plague

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What was the cause of justinians plague and what is similar to it?

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Fleas from rats, the Black death of medieval Europe

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What happened as a result of the death of Justinian for the byzantine empire

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All of his progress halted to a complete stop and he lost most of his conquered areas after his death

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