Unit II facts

Question 1

Barbarian tribe that sacked Rome in 410 A.D.

Answer 1

Visigoths

Question 2

Leader of the tribe that sacked Rome in 410 A.D.

Answer 2

Alaric

Question 3

Roman general who was major rival of Alaric

Answer 3

Stilicho

Question 4

To surround with hostile forces

Answer 4

besiege

Question 5

The “Scourge of God” and “Fear of the World”

Answer 5

Attila the Hun

Question 6

Two armies that joined forces to defeat the Huns at Chalons

Answer 6

Romans and Visisgoths

Question 7

Roman general who defeated Attila

Answer 7

Aetius

Question 8

General who defeated Attila after the death of his father on the battlefield

Answer 8

Thorismond

Question 9

Person who persuaded Attila not to attack Rome

Answer 9

Pope Leo I

Question 10

Vandal king who conquered North Africa and Spain

Answer 10

Genseric

Question 11

Roman noble who murdered Valentinian to gain control of Roman throne

Answer 11

Maximus

Question 12

Widow of Valentinian who enlisted Vandal aid

Answer 12

Eudoxia

Question 13

Leader of the tribe that sacked Rome in 455 A.D.

Answer 13

Genseric

Question 14

Roman general who fled in shame after Genseric set Roman fleet on fire

Answer 14

Basilicus

Question 15

Last emperor of the Western Roman Empire

Answer 15

Romulus Augustulus

Question 16

Barbarian responsible for the fall of Rome in 476 A.D.

Answer 16

Odoacer

Question 17

Ostrogoth king who killed Odoacer, becoming king of Italy

Answer 17

Theodoric

Question 18

Established monastery with vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience

Answer 18

Benedict

Question 19

Benedictine monk who became pope and reorganized the church

Answer 19

Gregory I

Question 20

King of the Franks who converted to Christianity in 496 A.D.

Answer 20

Clovis

Question 21

Roman general defeated by the king of the Franks, a mere boy

Answer 21

Syagrius

Question 22

Christian wife of Clovis

Answer 22

Clotilde