Chapter 1a Flashcards
What did the franks conquer?
The roman province of gaul
What does monothestic mean?
Mono=one thestic=god
What is the most famous frank royal family?
The merovingians
How long did the merovingians rule?
Close to 300 years
Who is the most successful merovingian?
Clovis the 1st
How did the merovingians fall?
Constant infighting and violent bickering between heirs
The franks were really_______
Violent
What was the frank law?
The salic code
The frank had a very distinct _________ _______
Social class
Who wrote the torah
Moses
Who were the majority of the franks
Serfs - peasent farmers
What did franks wear?
Lots of jewlery
Both wore hair long
Free men wore armor and carried weapons - francisca
Who is gregory of tours and what book did he write?
Historian mild mannered
History of the franks
What is a primary source?
First hand account of event
Birth dates
What is a secondary source?
Account put together long after event
Newspaper
Werglid
Man money
Plague
Contagious disease
Arson
Intentionally setting fire to property
Social class
Gruoups in society
Betrothal
Promise to marry
What year did rome reach its peak
117 ad
When did neighbors cause problems
161 ad
When did diocletes split the empire?
284 ad
When was the roman emp fading
400 ad
When did rome fall
476 ad
Who did rome fall to
The goths
What happened after rome fell
Dark ages
What year did constantine legalize christianaity
313 ad
Clovises years
481-511 ad
When did vespasian die
79 ad
When did titus start to rule
79 ad
When was the huge fire in rome
80 ad
When did mt vesuvius erupt
79 ad
When did the colosseum open
80 ad
What was the colosseum called
Flavian ampithethatre
Why did the vikings invade monastarys
Gold / relics
Get more slaves
For their enjoyment
Easy target
How did franks defend the vikings
Wall of sharpened stakes
Someone running to authoriites
What does spqr
Senatus populus romanus
Senate and the people of rome
Who are barbarians
People outside of emp
Different language
What did constatine do (2 thing)
Legalize christianity
Changed city of byzantium to constatinople
Why was the mediterranean an ideal place to live
Fertile soil Plenty of rainfall+sunshine Good climate trading ocean transportation ports
Why were th romans successful
Good organizer, make systems (aquaducts,roads), replenish army with people from over taken towns, gained knowledge from places, stole and improved ideas
PAX ROMANA
Roman peace
Encourged trade and ideas
Lots of tax
What is an aquaduct
A thing that brings water from UP in the hills and to the cities as running water
What was the first aquaduct
Aqua Appia 312 bc
When was west rome looted and sacked by barbarians
410 ad
How long were the roads
90,000 km
Who built and were the roads built for
The army
There were ____________ roads as well
Governament
What were the roads known for
Being super straight little zig zags
Reasons why rome fell
Small business suffered when rome got slaves for goods and services
Spent too much on entertainment and luxeries
Contagious diseases
Emperors
Soo big cant defend
New religions
Repeated attacks by germanic peoples
When did the roman republic end
30 ad
Legacy
Knowledge passed down gen to gen civ to civ
Architecture
Art science of designing buildings
Philosophy
Search for wisdom ideas knowledge
Latin
Languge of romans educated people in europe knew it
Roman legions
Roman army
Gladiator
Fighter public show mostly slaves
What happened after rome fell (government)
Hodge-podge of kingdoms
Modern day gang
How has rome lived on
Drama,art,sports,etc being passes on civil. to civil
What did the romans build
Great cities Works of art Magnificent gardens Arenas Theatres Public baths
The romans were ________ _________ good with words
Highly illiterate
Scholars poets
The romans had ______ of books from __________+_________
Thousands
Greece
Egypt
Did the romans have laws
Yea
What were the 3 reasons you weren’t allowed citizenship
Women
Non roman
Slave
Where did gladiators come from
The fringe of rome
How would the romans get slaves
Attack villiages
Who demanded the colosseum be built
Vespasian and his son titus
How long did the slaves work
Sunrise to sunset
How did gladiator trainers recruit
Go to slaves
Why did regular people be gladiators
To pay off debts to be famous
What did gladiators do the night before a fight
Have a feast
What were the gladiators looked upon as
Heart throbs
Heroes
Who did the gladiators pray and worships to
Nemesis goddess of revenge
What chance of survival did the gladiators have
90%
Did the gladiators have good medical care
AMAZING medical
How much money do they get for one fight
One win = roman legion annual salary
Were the fights crazy
Referee not chaotic
Why did titus want to quit
Bad luck
Chance of assaination
Did they have to pay for tickets to colosseum
Free
For the rich
Did they woman sit with there families
No they got bad seats up higher
What did they do with criminals in the colosseum
Bring animals in to eat them
What happened when the beast master didn’t do their job
He was killed
How did titus die
From a mystery illness
What did the romans say about religions
Any religion you want as long as you follow rules and pay tax
When did judism start
3000yrs ago
What do jews think of jesus
Reject him
The jews are gods _________ _________
People
What is the torah
Jewish holy books
Ten commandments
Know this
What did the jews do with the ten commandments
Added more and based there life around it
Who is the islam god
Allah
Who do the muslims think jesus is
Never died
When was islam made
7th century
Who else do the muslims believe in
The prophet mohammed
What is the islam holy book
Qur’ân
What is the main difference between the three religions
Jesus
Predecesser
Ruled before
Why did diocletes split the empire
Cheaper to run government
Regain control of borders
Anno domini
In the year of the lord
How many seats was the colosseum
50000
Why textbook really secular
Seperate church instate
Don’t believe in jesus so why use bc
Other spelling for qur’ân
Koran
What is qur’ân in arabic mean
Reading
How many apostles are there
14
Who replaced judas
Matthias
How did the pick matthias
Cast lots
Who is the 14 apostle
Paul
Apostle mr shuel
Walked talked spoke w/ jesus
Who is jesus the savior of in the textbook
Jews
Who is jesus the savoir of
All who believe in him
What is the gospel mr shuel
Good news
Matthew mark luke john
Who responisible of jesus death
Jews pharisees
Who had a nightmare about jesus
Pilates wife
How many times did pilate try to release jesus
3
What was the capital in gaul
Paris
What year did clovis 1 stop ruling
511
Constantines birth and death
280 337 ad
Constantine was the first ____________ roman emporer
Christian
Who were the byzantium emporera
Justinian and theodora
What were the byzantium emporers like
Very religious and had church dutied
What years did justinian and theodora rule together
527 565
What did justinian do
Made law code
Kill woman ____ gold solidi
600
Kill pregnant woman
700
Kill boy under 12
600
Kill girl under 12
200
