Transcript Roman Empire

Roman Empire
Chapter 9 Terms
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• In ancient Rome,
person who fought
animals and other
people as public
entertainment
• gladiator
• Roman general who
would become
emperor and
introduce political
changes to better
Rome; divided Rome
into four parts for
easier control
• Diocletian
• Christian holy
person
• saint
• Disease that spreads
quickly and kills
people
• plague
• The gladiator that
led a slave revolt in
Italy in 73 B.C.
defeating several
Roman armies
• Spartacus
• Person who acts as a • regent
temporary ruler
• Roman writer who
• Virgil
wrote the epic
poem, the Aeneid
describing the
Trojan prince Aeneas
and how he came to
Italy
• The study of body
structure
• anatomy
• Emperor of the
Byzantine Empire in
A.D. 527; strong
leader; controlled the
military, made laws,
and was a supreme
judge; had the help of
his wife in ruling the
empire
• Justinian
• Poem that expresses
strong emotions
about life
• ode
• Curved structure of
stone or concrete
forming a ceiling or
roof
• vault
• Work that pokes fun
at human
weaknesses
• satire
• Roman general who
became emperor in
A.D. 312; was the first
Roman emperor to
become a Christian;
believed religion was
important for the
success of his empire
• Constantine
• Picture made from
many bits of colored
glass, tile or stone
• mosaic
• Greek doctor
emphasizing
anatomy by cutting
open dead animals
and recording his
findings
• Galen
• Public speaking
• rhetoric
• Scientist who
studied the motion
of planets and stars;
saw Earth at the
center of the
universe
• Ptolemy
• Name for the father • paterfamilias
as head of the
household in ancient
Rome
• Roman poet who
wrote satires poking
fun at human
weaknesses; also
composed odes
expressing strong
emotions about life
• Horace
• To exchange goods
• barter
without using money
Roman Empire
Chapter 9 Terms