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40 Cards in this Set
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Insulae
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Ancient Roman tenements
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Equites
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Knights
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Domus Aurea
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House of Gold
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Vox Popoli
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Voice of the people
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Volkerwanderung
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Wandering people
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Sacrificanti
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Christians who sacrificed to pagan gods
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Thurificanti
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Christians who burned incense
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Lapsi
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Lapsed Christians
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Labarum
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Cross
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Dominus et Deus
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Lord and God
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St. Peter was martyred under Nero.
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True
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Marcus Aurelius belonged to the group of "Five Good Emperors"
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True
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Trajan's edict legalized Christianity.
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False
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Decius was responsible for the first empire-wide persecution of Christians
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True
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Origen is fabled to have said "Turn me over, I'm done on this side" at his martyrdom.
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False
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Diocletian was resonsible for splitting the empire into a tetrarchy.
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True
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St Ignatius was the first to have reffered to the "Catholic Church"
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True
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Marcus Aurelius was known as the "Philosopher King"
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True
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Irenaeus was best known for combating Gnosticism
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True
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Trajan's eatern expedition was the last major conquest of the Roman empire.
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True
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Nero persecuted Christians throughout the entire Roman empire
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False
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The Four Edicts ushered in the worst time of persecution for the Christians
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True
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Constantine entered the Church before he died.
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True
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The phrase Christiani non sint is Latin for "Let the Christians practice faith"
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False
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Hadrian's rescript allowed for Christians to hold public office in Rome
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False
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Who was the last emperor of the Augustinian line?
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Nero
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What emperor referred to himself as Dominus et Deus?
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Domitian
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What saint was allegedly converted by a strange man he met one day?
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St. Justin Martyr
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What Saint authored Adversus Haereses?
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Irenaeus
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_________ is the willfull denunciation of the faith in it entirety?
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Apostasy
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Who authored the work De Principiis?
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Origen
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Who defeated Maximian with the symbol of the cross on his army's armor?
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Constantine
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What saint was said to have been sentenced to a brothel as persecution for her Christianity?
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St. Agnes
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Who was known as the "Lord of Thirty Legions"?
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Hadrian
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What saint was the Apostolic Father who asked Christians not to intervene with his martyrdom.
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St. Ignatius
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Apostasy of ________ denotes one who has turned away from God altogether.
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perfidy
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Who was the most prolific and important writer in the eastern part of the Roman empire?
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Origen
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In the earliest years of the church, what did Christians refer to the church as?
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The Way
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Who's edict gave Christians the choice of death or apostasy?
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Trajan's
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Which two saints were women martyrs; one a nobleoman and the other her slave?
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Perpetua and Felicity
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