Lesson 1 Vocab- Roman Legacy

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

• Scribe

• Roman Empire

• Constantine

• Mosaic

A slow breakdown or failure

• Constantine

• Decline

• Aqueduct

• Corruption

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

• Aqueduct

• Philosophy

• Mosaic

• Empire

a pattern of illegal or immoral activities by government official

• Decline

• Constantine

• Proverb

• Corruption

a popular saying meant to express something wise or true

• Corruption

• Decline

• Mosaic

• Proverb

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

• Corruption

• Empire

• Scribe

• Decline

the study of wisdom, knowledge, and nature of reality

• Aqueduct

• Scribe

• Philosophy

• Decline

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

• Roman Empire

• Proverb

• Scribe

• Philosophy

a person trained to write or copy documents

by hand

• Mosaic

• Proverb

• Decline

• Scribe

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

• Constantine

• Mosaic

• Proverb

• Philosophy