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What is a gladiator?
A slave that fought people or animals for public entertainment
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Who was Constantine?
Roman emperor who moved the capital to Constantinople.
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What is the Forum?
Large public space that served as a marketplace and public square
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What is poor leadership, attack by invaders, and a declining economy?
The fall of Rome was caused by these three main reasons
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What is the Hagia Sophia?
Church built by Justinian
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What is anatomy?
The study of the body's structure
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Who was Odoacer?
German General who overthrew the last Roman emperor of the Western Roman Republic.
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What is an atrium?
A courtyard where the house of many wealthy Romans were built around
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Who were the Huns?
The German tribe called the Visigoths were fighting with this Mongolian invading tribe
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Who was Belisarius?
Byzantine General that used cavalry
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What is a saint?
People considered holy by followers of the Christian faith
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Who was Theodosius.
Emperor who divided the Roman empire into two parts.
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What is a father?
This person was the head of the Roman family and made decisions on selling members into slavery, putting members to death, or letting members of the family live
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Who were the Germanics/ Germans?
Rome finally fell when this group invaded from northern Europe
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Who was Theodora?
convinced Justinian to grant women the right to own land
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What is a motif?
Images created by an arrangement of colored glass or stone
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Who was Spartacus?
A gladiator who tried to put down a slave revolt.
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What is wealth?
A woman's freedoms depended on this of her husband
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What is Christianity?
Religion that emerged in the Eastern Roman Republic that was monotheistic.
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What is location?
This made Constantinople very successful and wealthy
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What is a reform?
Political changes that bring about improvement
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Who was Galen?
Greek doctor who influenced medicine.
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What is Latin?
The English language was influenced by this language
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What is inflation?
A steep rise in prices with a decline in the value of money
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Who were the Greeks?
This civilization influenced the Byzantine empire more than the romans
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