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What year was the apex of the empire?
166 AD
When did Marcus Aurelius live/reign?
121-180, 161-180
When was History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire written and by whom?
1776 Edward Gibbon
When was the Antonine Plague?
167
What is epicureanism?
Refined enjoyment of pleasure.
What is stoicism?
Apathy, impervious to emotional pain. Materialistic. Fatalistic
What are Origen's 2 core principles?
1. God created creatures in divine providence but all creatures are morally free
2. Everything made by god is just, pre-existence of souls caused inequality
What is gnosticism?
Explains problem of evil by attributing creation to a wicked source.
What are the 3 key points of middle platonism?
1. The soul is immaterial
2. The gods/spirits interact with the world
3. Salvation is to achieve likeness to god through contemplation
What is apoctastasis?
All will be restored by god in the end
Who wrote Leucippe and Clitophon?
Achilles Tatius
When did Commodus rule?
180-193
Who wrote Life of Plotinus?
Porphyry
When was the Severan Dynasty?
193-235
When was the crisis of the 3rd century?
235-284
When were all inhabitants of Roman empire declared citizens?
212
What are the four Neo-Platonist levels of existence?
1. One- Unifying concept, the absolute, good, perfect
2. Intellect - Purest ideal intellectual forms
3. Soul - Human pieces of the intellect
4. Matter - Opposite of soul, temporary
When did Diocletian rule?
284-305
Who created tetrarchy?
Diocletian
When did the first great Xian persecution begin?
303
How long did the first great persecution last?
303-312
When did the Battle of the Milvian Bridge happen? Who beat who?
312, Constantine kills Maxentius sole ruler of West
How long was Constantine sole ruler?
324-337
When was Constantine's vision?
310-312
When was the Edict of Milan passed?
313
When was the first Nicean Council?
325
What are 3 key points about Athanasius of Alexander?
1. Life is filled with effort to establish orthodoxy on an imperial scale
2. Reps entanglement of church in politics of the empire
3. "life of St. Antony" sparks ascetic, monastic movement
What were Arius' beliefs?
1. Subordinationist: Christ was not co-eternal with god
What does Homoousios mean?
Jesus is the same substance as god
Whad does Homoiousios mean?
Similar substance not same
What are the 3 points of Late Antique Art?
1. Expression of cultural values not a product of decadence
2. Spans shift from classical to Medieval
3. Art goes from realism to symbolism
When did Julian live?
331-363
When did Julian reign?
361-363
What are the 3 keys of Gregory of Nyssa?
1. Representative of post Niceaen Council generation
2. Reps purest expression of Eastern form of Xianity
3. Important figure in the development of Christian asceticism
Who are the 3 Cappadocian fathers?
Gregory of Nyssa, Gregory of Nazianzas, and Basil of Caeserea
When was the battle of Adrianople?
378, Valens defeated by Goths. Borders never secure again
When did Theodosius I rule?
379-395
When did Xianity become official state religion?
391
When was Augustine born?
354
When was the Confessions written?
397
When was The Confessions written? author? genre? key points?
397, Augustine, semi-autobiography.
1. Trained to devote self to transient, temporary pursuits as child.
2. Love of evil for the sake of evil.
3. Possessed by pursuit for philosophical truth.
4.
When was To Himself written? author? genre? key points?
170-180, Marcus Aurelius, diary.
1. Stoic notions
2. Emotional apathy
3. Matter unimportant
When was On First Principles written? author? genre? key points?
Origen, systematic theology
1. God can only be known through Jesus, not human reason
2. God is creator, but all creatures are morally free
3. Jesus is incarnate god-man
4. The soul pre-existed, will last forever, and has free will
Life of Plotinus written? author? genre? key points?
Porphyry, philosophy
1. Distinction between ideal and sensory
2. Immortal soul
3. Levels of existence
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