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- Diocletian
- an army leader that split the empire into east and west
- Peter
- the first bishop in Rome
- mercenary
- a foreign soldier hired to work for a country's army
- inflation
- when money is of lesser value
- Constantine
- a roman emperor, was against Christianity but had a vision of a Christ, put crosses on his soldiers' shields, won a battle. stopped persecution of Christans
- Pompeii
- a city in the Roman Empire that was covered in ash after a volcano eurrupted
- pope
- The father of the Christian Church
- Constantinople
- the capitol of the Roman Empire after Rome, named after ruler Constantine
- aqueduct
- a structure used to bring water into cities
- Virgil
- the author of Aeneid
- Greci-Roman Culture
- Roman culture blended with that of Greek and Hellenistic
- Jesus
- believed to be the "messiah" of Jews, founder of Christianity
- apostle
- the 12 pupils of Jesus
- tactius
- a Roman historian that was accurate
- Diaspora
- driving Jews to exile from their homeland
- Attila
- a Hun chieftain that destroyed 70 cities in the Roman Empire
- Paul
- was against Christianity at first, but had a vision of Christ while traveling, then spent rest of life spreading the religion; had big influence on christianity
- bishop
- a ruler of many churches within a district