Playbook for Roman Empire Assessment

Here is what you definitely should know for the Assessment this Friday:

People:
-Marius
-Constantine
-Justinian
-Octavian
-Augustus Caesar
-Theodora

Concepts:
-Pax Romana
-Stoicism
-Schism
-2 sects of Christianity (During this time period)
-Republic
-Barbarian
-aqueducts
-pope
-partiarch
-paterfamilias

Places:
-Constantinople
-Bosporus Strait
-Black Sea
-Sea of Marmara
-Rome
-Byzantium/Byzantine Empire

Big Ideas:
-What were the advancements and innovations credited to the Roman Empire? (Stuff they built/invented)
-Who is the head of the Catholic Church?  Who is the head of the Eastern Orthodox Church?
-Why was the Roman Empire split into two parts?
-How did the people of the Byzantine Empire still consider themselves "Roman"?  How were they different?
-What led to the downfall of the Roman Empire?  What made them weak?
-What was the role/place of women in Roman society?