Roman Empire

• What years mark the beginning and end of the Western Roman Empire?

  27 BCE – 476 CE
• Who became the first Roman Emperor in 27 BCE?

  Augustus
• What significant event occurred in 64 CE in Rome?

  Great Fire of Rome
• Who did Nero blame for the Great Fire of Rome?

  Christians
• What natural disaster occurred in 79 CE?

  Eruption of Mount Vesuvius
• What cities were destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius?

  Pompeii and Herculaneum
• In what year did the Roman Empire reach its greatest territorial extent?

  117 CE
• Who was the Roman Emperor during the empire's greatest territorial extent?

  Trajan
• What significant action did Emperor Constantine take in 313 CE?

  Issued the Edict of Milan
• What was the purpose of the Edict of Milan?

  Legalizing Christianity
• What year did Constantine move the capital to Byzantium?

  330 CE
• What new name did Constantine give to Byzantium?

  Constantinople
• In what year did Theodosius I officially split the Roman Empire?

  395 CE
• What were the two halves of the Roman Empire after the split?

  Eastern and Western halves
• What event marks the fall of the Western Roman Empire?

  Deposition of Romulus Augustulus
• Who deposed Romulus Augustulus?

  Odoacer
• What year did the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire fall?

  1453 CE
• Who conquered the Eastern Roman Empire in 1453 CE?

  Ottoman Turks