Rome
Pax Romana
200 year period of peace in Rome.
Edict of Milan
313
Officials of ancient Rome, now any government official appointed to defend people and their rights.
tribunes
Paul took the gospel as far as Greece and Rome
true
The decline of the Roman Empire contribute to the expansion of Christianity.
true
The most significant event of the Roman period was the birth, life, and death of Jesus Christ.
true
Why was Nero so famous?
He murdered many people, he was accused of burning Rome in A.D 64, He persecuted Christians.
not much was written about the boyhood of Jesus
true
the gospel is a true account of historical events
true
Two brothers who, according to legend, are responsible for the founding or Rome were
Romulus and Remus
District under bishops authority
See
The original basis of most legal systems today is Roman law.
True
Rome borrowed much of its architecture from
greece
A person who holds beliefs contrary to church doctrines
heretic
A person who goes away from other people, and lives alone, often for religious reasons
hermit
a soldier who serves in a foreign army for pay
mercenary
Arch bishop who presides over a church province
metropolitan
Mercenaries are soldiers who fight for
money
Romans practiced ______, meaning that a man married only one woman
monogamy
Monks or religious men who followed a rule and took vows
regular clergy
Before he became dictator of Rome, Julius Caesar was a famous
soldier
Diocletian tried to restore the economy with
taxation and price controls
After the Nicene Creed, people began to believe that Jesus was the Son of God
false
Inadequate trade routes and poor highway systems made It difficult for early Christians to spread the gospel.
false
Jesus was crucified by the Roman officials against the will of the people themselves
false
The Twelve Tables were a written set of
law
The number of Punic wars was
three
Father of Christian monasticism
Anthony of Egypt
A heresy denying Christ's divinity
Arianism
At the height of trade in the empire, materials were imported from
China and India
built a defensive wall in Britain
Hadrian
Scholar, philosopher, and soldier
Marcus Aurelius
Circuses and bloody games were held in the Roman
colosseum
Highest ranking bishop in the Eastern or early Roman Catholic Church
patriarch
person of noble birth; aristocrat
patrician
Caesar was killed because of his belief in
perpetual dictatorship
accused Christians of burning Rome
Nero
chief magistrates of the ancient Roman Republic; now an official appointed by his government to live in a foreign city
consuls
Rome's attitude toward Christians up to the time of Nero was
tolerance
Murderer; accused of setting fire to Rome
Nero
Priests, bishops, and other church officials who were not bound by either a rule or by vows.
Secular clergy
a monk who is chosen as head of a monastery
abbot
Mark Antony married Cleopatra, who was the queen of
egypt
Having to do with the common people
plebeian
Latifundia were
large estates
three conditions which led to a decline in the empire after A.D 180 were
1. leadership dispute 2. decline in trade 3. mercenaries hired
heresy named after Arius, a greek priest who taught that christ was not eternally God with the Father
Arianism
Literature in Rome declined after the death of the emperor
Augustus
insane
Caligula
Rome's adversary in the Punic Wars was
Carthage
The three historical divisions of Roman history are
Empire, Pre-Republic, and Republic
French, Italian, and Spanish languages and many English words are based on the ______ language
Latin
defeated Antony and Cleopatra
Octavian
What two men ruled Rome after Julius Caesar's death?
Octavian and Mark Antony
The vulgate
St. Jerome's Latin translation of the Bible
Jesus was betrayed by Judas
True
disorder and confusion
anarchy
an artificial channel or large pipe for transporting water over long distances
aqueduct
Romans learned to carry huge amounts of water by buidling
aqueducts
Originally, a Roman district. Int the Middle Ages, a district ruled by a bishop
diocese
Saul was an enthusiastic Christian from the beginning of his life, and his faith never wavered.
false
The lifestyle of ancient Romans centered around the:
family
The work of the senate was held in the
forum