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31 Cards in this Set
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Augustus's greatest failure in his attempt to restore order and stability in Rome was his attempt to |
Reform morals |
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The Romans were properly regarded has having made valuable contribution to the law because they |
sought basic principles as a foundation to their legal system |
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When a Roman poet wrote that " conquered Greece took captive her rude conqueror," he meant that |
Roman culture was based on Greek culture |
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List all Roman poets |
1. 2. 3. 4. |
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What city was destroyed, yet preserved, by a volcanic eruption? |
Pompeii |
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What statement best represents Stoicism? |
It is better to be good than happy. |
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The Septuagint is the translation of the Old Testament into |
Greek |
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Jesus was born in the Roman province of |
Judea |
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Persecution of the Christians began because |
Christians refused to worship the emperor |
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Which meeting affirmed Christ's deity and the doctrine of the Trinity? |
Council of Nicaea |
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Which 2 emperors introduced reforms which delayed the fall of the Roman Empire? |
Diocletian and Constantine |
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What was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire? |
Constantinople |
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What Roman engineering accomplishment supplied water to the cities? |
aqueducts |
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Christ was brought before which Roman governor? |
Pontius Pilate |
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What were the burial grounds established by Christians in order to avoid cremation called? |
catacombs |
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What is the practice of withdrawing from all worldly cares and possessions and practicing strict discipline and religious exercises? |
monasticism |
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Which ancient eastern city became the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire? |
Byzantium |
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What did the Romans call anyone outside the empire who did not share in the Greek and Roman cultures? |
barbarians |
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Who was the leader of the Visigoths? |
Alaric |
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Name the fierce leader of the Huns known as the "scourge of God." |
Attila |
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Galen- medical writer |
Horace- poet of the Augustan Age |
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Josephus- Jewish historian |
Juvenal- wrote bitter satires |
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Livy- historian who lived in the Augustan Age |
Lucretius- Epicurean philosopher and poet |
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Marcus Aurelius- emperor and stoic who wrote "Meditations" |
Ovid- wrote "Metamorphses" |
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Ptolemy-astronomer and mathematician |
Seneca- Stoic philosopher |
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Tacitus- wrote Annals and Germania |
Virgil- Aeneid |
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Constantine- legalized Christianity |
Diocletian- conducted the most severe persecution of Christians |
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Nero- first persecutor of Christians |
Theodosius I- divided the Roman empire for the final time |
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Tiberius- emperor during Christ's crucifixion |
Titus- destroyed Jersualem |
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Essay: Discuss Rome's system of justice and the Roman contribution to the law |
Essay: List and EXPLAIN three reasons for the decline of Rome. |
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Map: Constantinople, Black Sea, Gaul, Rome, Adriatic Sea, Egypt, Aegean Sea, Jerusalem, Judea, Mediterranean Sea |
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