Ancient Rome Review

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Near the fall of Rome, not loyal soldiers called ____ were hired to aid the failing military.

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mercenaries

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A(n) ____ is a form of government in early Rome, where the people choose some of the officials.

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Republic

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_______ is the emperor who made Christianity the official religion of the Empire.

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Constantine

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____ was the Roman emperor that was responsible for building the Colosseum.

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Vespasian

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Leader of a barbaric tribe that led attacks on the Western Roman empire.

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Attila the Hun

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A person who was often a slave and was a trained fighter in Rome.

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gladiator

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In the early Roman republic, members of the landholding upper class were called

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patricians

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In the Punic Wars, Rome gained control of the lands around the Mediterranean Sea by defeating

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the Carthaginians

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What part of the Roman Empire actually "fell" in 467 A.D.?

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Western Roman Empire

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To try to restore order to the empire, the emperor Diocletian

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divided the empire in two parts.