Ancient Greece 2 Flashcards
This word refers to the Roman treasury
Fiscus
This term refers to a poll text me to count Roman subjects
Census
He composed the Aeneid and admired the Republican period in Rome
Virgil
Brilliant Roman lawyer with a clear and logical writing style
Cicero
He had a theory of the universe in which the sun and planets revolved around the earth
Ptolemy
These are short stories with simple moral lessons
Parables
Visigoth general and sacked of Rome
Alaric
Constantine chose to build a new Roman capital here
Byzantium
Reference to the lowered worth of coinage
Devalue
Women in the Christian church were most influential
During the early years of the church
Roman citizens saw bad omens after the Civil War as evidence of that
Augustus should be emperor
He said “a great artist dies with me” upon his death
Nero
He was the vain and terrible ruler succeeded Marcus Aurelius
Commodus
He founded new towns, build great monuments and increased pay for soldiers
Julius Caesar
Cementing and watering down of Roman coins with bronze caused this
Inflation
The term Messiah refers to
A savior chosen by God
This term means “exalted one”
Augustus
Mark Antony upset Romans most when he
Gave Roman territory to Cleopatra’s children
He drooled, limped, and ruled well
Claudius
He strongly persecuted Christians
Nero
He was a stoic scholar and an impressive emperor
Marcus Aurelius
He created the first firemen and ended a slave revolt
Marcus Crassus
He wrote odes glorifying Rome and the Pax Romana
Horace
He wrote a history which was meant to glorify Rome
Livy
The Greek word for Savior was
Christos
This group sacked rome in 455 ad
Vandals
He converted many Jews in Rome to Christianity
Peter
Caesar crossed this river as an irrevocable step
Rubicon
They divorced their wives in order to gain and cement their position as emperors
Tiberius and Augustus
