Social Studies-Chapter 9-Roman Civilization

As time passed, the Byzantine Empire became

less Roman and more Greek

The poet Horace wrote satires that

poked fun at human weaknesses

inflation

rapidly increasing prices caused by a decline in the value of money

Justinian wanted to

reunite the Roman Empire

When Diocletian took power in AD 284, he

introduced reforms.

Germanic Tribes

Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Franks, Vandals, Angles, Saxons

How did Romans honor their gods and goddesses?

Prayed and offered food

When do historians date the fall of Rome?

When Odoacer took control

Visigoths

a Germanic tribe that rebelled against Rome in AD 378

vault

a curved ceiling made by building arches against one another

Justinian Code

a very influential legal code of the Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Empires wrote

ancient texts

What happened when the last Severan Emporer died?

army leaders fought for control

Western Roman Empire

fell in AD 476 to a Germanic general named Odoacer

The scientist Ptolemy

studied stars and planets

Pantheon

temple built to honor Rome's gods

Hagia Sophia

the religious center of the Byzantine Empire

anatomy

the study of body structure

Easter Roman Empire

thrived and became the Byzantine Empire

From the AD 500s to the AD 1100s the Byzantine Empire

was a crossroads for trade.