Ch5 Flashcards
Title given to Octavian; one of divinity, honor, and majesty
Augustus
Roman Peace
Pax Romana
The greatest Roman poet
Virgil
Earth is the center of the universe
Geocentric theory
Believed true happiness comes only as man frees his mind from fear
Epicureanism
centers of worship of the scattered Jews
Synagogues
First emperor to persecute Christians
Nero
bishop of one of the most important cities of the empire
Patriarch
Leader of the Huns; called the scourge of God
Attila
“First citizen”
Princeps
Greatest Roman orator
Cicero
wrote about mythology and love.
Ovid
Promoted the theory that the sun, moon, and stars revolved around the earth
Ptolemy
Structures to supply water to cities
Aqueducts
Believed that the highest good is the pursuit of courage, dignity, duty, simplicity of life, and service to fellow men
Stoicism
Roman governor at the time of Jesus’s ministry
Pontius Pilate
the lifestyle of withdrawing from all worldly
cares and possessions and practicing strict discipline and religious exercises.
Monasticism
nomadic tribe led by Attila whose advance west forced Germanic tribes to seek refuge in Roman territory
Huns
Germanic tribes that established a kingdom in North Africa
Vandals
Wrote lengthy history of Rome
Lily
