Rome

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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


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