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Pax Romana

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A 200 year period of peace

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Octavian’s desire

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Restore the republic

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Octavian’s titles

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Princeps, augustus

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economic prosperity because of the pax Romana

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agriculture, trade, Currency, Greek and Latin

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stability and order because of the pax Romana

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Government, society, census, social reforms

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Greeks built with an eye for

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Beauty

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romans built with an eye for

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usefulness

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greeks made contributions in

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art and philosophy

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romans made contributions in

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law and politics

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what were Romans contribution to La

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System of justice, individual rights and property, legal codes

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Cicero

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The great orator

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Virgil

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considered the greatest Roman poet

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Horace

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poet

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Ovid

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mythology and love

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historical writer

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Livy

wrote 142 volumes of the history of Rome

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later Roman writers

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Juvenal: wrote bitter satires
Tacitus: historian

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Plutarch

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most famous Greek writer in the Roman empire

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Galen

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medicine

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Ptolemy

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astronomer and mathematician

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Circus Maximus

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Arena for chariot races

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Coliseum

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gladiator fights with wild beasts, Christians killed

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religious beliefs

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originally gods of nature

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epicureanism

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happiness rested in the virtues of simple pleasure and peace of mind

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Lucretius

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Great supporter of Epicureanism

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stoicism

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

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Seneca

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believed stoicism was the solution to Romes moral decline

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Marcus Arelious

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last of the so-called good emperors of Rome

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mystery religions

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polytheism and mythology

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The turning point of history

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The life, death, and resurrection of Jesus

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Who was Octavian

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caesar’s nephew who became the first emperor of Rome, brought the pax Romana

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Roman society facts

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characterized by safe travel and social and political stability, Greek language, spread of Christianity, moral decay, no standard of moral behavior

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synagogues

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cinders of worship created by Jews in Babylon, later used by Jewish Christians to preach the gospel

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septuagint

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The Hebrew Old Testament was translated into Greek, so both Jews and Gentiles could learn about the coming Messiah

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turning point of history

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Jesus the Christ

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christ’s death

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plot religious leaders paid Judas to betray Jesus. Pontius pilot was the Roman governor

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after Jesus’s death

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jewish persecution – Christians refused to worship The emporer

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The apostle Paul

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wrote epistles, spread the gospel, taught that Christianity was for everyone

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persecution of the church

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Roman steamed Christians social misfits and haters of humanity

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Nero

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first official persecutor

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Diocletian

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last and most widespread persecution of Christianity. ruled in the east. supreme authority over the state..

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edict of Milan

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Constantine made Christianity legal in AD 313

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Council of Nicaea

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affirmed Christianity

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Theodosius I

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makes Christianity the official religion of the Roman state

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monasticism

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The practice of withdrawing from all worldly cares and possessions and practicing strict discipline and religious exercises

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Huns

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Sears nomads who brought terror and distraction on all who were in their path

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Visigoths

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miss treated by Roman officials so they rebelled

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Alaric

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leader of the Visigoths

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Attila the Hun

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called the scorch of God because he was considered to be the instrument of God’s wrath on sinful people

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Vandals

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raided and pillaged Rome again

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Aeneid

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epic poem that glorified Rome

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satires

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works using ridicule or wit to correct or expose human folly or vice

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metamorphoses

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A collection of over 200 myths of the ancient world

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