TCI Legacy of Rome Vocabulary Review

a pipe or raised channel built to carry water over a long distance

• aqueduct

• Constantine

• decline

• empire

Roman emperor who, in 330 C.E., moved the capital to Byzantium and later renamed it Constantinople

• Constantine

• Roman Empire

• philosophy

• Julius Caeser

a pattern of illegal or immoral activities by government officials

• corruption

• decline

• empire

• mosaic

a slow breakdown or failure

• decline

• corruption

• Constantine

• aqueduct

a large territory in which several groups of people are ruled by a single leader or government

• empire

• Roman Empire

• decline

• scribe

a picture made up of small pieces of tile, glass, or colored stone

• Mosaic

• proverb

• aqueduct

• decline

the study of wisdom, knowledge, and the nature of reality

• philosophy

• corruption

• empire

• scribe

a popular saying meant to express something wise or true

• proverb

• scribe

• philosophy

• empire

an empire that, at its height, around 200 C.E., spanned the Mediterranean world and most of Europe

• Roman Empire

• Constantine

• empire

• corruption

a person trained to write or copy documents by hand

• scribe

• philosophy

• decline

• corruption