Ch 12 Roman Civilization

person who fought animals and otherpeople as public amusement

Education and learning were highly respected in the Byzantine Empire

The Visigoths warred with which other invading tribe?

wrote about the fall of Rome and how it affected its people

Rome finally fell when groups of which people invaded from northern Europe?

Which Roman emperor moved the empire’s capital to Constantinople?

Horace wrote odes which were poems that express a strong emotion about life

emperor who provided his nephew with an excellent education, and made him his chief adviser

general who strengthened the Byzantine army

works that poke fun at human weaknesses

All people the Romans enslaved were unskilled and uneducated

gladiator who led a slave rebellion

legal scholar who worked to create a new code of laws

Mosaics were created from heavy woven fabrics with colorful embroidery

first major Roman road linking Rome to southeastern Italy

In a.d. 410 this Visigoth leader captured the city of Rome

arguably the greatest of the Byzantine emperors;served a.d. 527–565

the young, western emperor Odoacer overthrew

the art of public speaking

helped Byzantine women win more legal rights

Roman statues were less realistic than those of the Greeks

a word that means “the intentional destruction of property”

What happened after the Battle of Adrianople?

the study of body structure

Theodosius left a will instructing the Romans to do what after his death?

Galen emphasized the importance of

The fall of Rome began with poor leadership, attacks by invaders, and