Ch5 Flashcards

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Title given to Octavian; one of divinity, honor, and majesty

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Augustus

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Roman Peace

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Pax Romana

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The greatest Roman poet

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Virgil

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Earth is the center of the universe

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Geocentric theory

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Believed true happiness comes only as man frees his mind from fear

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Epicureanism

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centers of worship of the scattered Jews

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Synagogues

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First emperor to persecute Christians

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Nero

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bishop of one of the most important cities of the empire

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Patriarch

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Leader of the Huns; called the scourge of God

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Attila

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“First citizen”

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Princeps

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10
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Greatest Roman orator

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Cicero

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wrote about mythology and love.

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Ovid

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Promoted the theory that the sun, moon, and stars revolved around the earth

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Ptolemy

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Structures to supply water to cities

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Aqueducts

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Believed that the highest good is the pursuit of courage, dignity, duty, simplicity of life, and service to fellow men

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Stoicism

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Roman governor at the time of Jesus’s ministry

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Pontius Pilate

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the lifestyle of withdrawing from all worldly
cares and possessions and practicing strict discipline and religious exercises.

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Monasticism

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nomadic tribe led by Attila whose advance west forced Germanic tribes to seek refuge in Roman territory

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Huns

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Germanic tribes that established a kingdom in North Africa

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Vandals

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Wrote lengthy history of Rome

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Lily