Chapter 5

Question 1

Pax Romana

Answer 1

A 200 year period of peace

Question 2

Octavian’s desire

Answer 2

Restore the republic

Question 3

Octavian’s titles

Answer 3

Princeps, augustus

Question 4

economic prosperity because of the pax Romana

Answer 4

agriculture, trade, Currency, Greek and Latin

Question 5

stability and order because of the pax Romana

Answer 5

Government, society, census, social reforms

Question 6

Greeks built with an eye for

Answer 6

Beauty

Question 7

romans built with an eye for

Answer 7

usefulness

Question 8

greeks made contributions in

Answer 8

art and philosophy

Question 9

romans made contributions in

Answer 9

law and politics

Question 10

what were Romans contribution to La

Answer 10

System of justice, individual rights and property, legal codes

Question 11

Cicero

Answer 11

The great orator

Question 12

Virgil

Answer 12

considered the greatest Roman poet

Question 13

Horace

Answer 13

poet

Question 14

Ovid

Answer 14

mythology and love

Question 15

historical writer

Answer 15

Livy

wrote 142 volumes of the history of Rome

Question 16

later Roman writers

Answer 16

Juvenal: wrote bitter satires
Tacitus: historian

Question 17

Plutarch

Answer 17

most famous Greek writer in the Roman empire

Question 18

Galen

Answer 18

medicine

Question 19

Ptolemy

Answer 19

astronomer and mathematician

Question 20

Circus Maximus

Answer 20

Arena for chariot races

Question 21

Coliseum

Answer 21

gladiator fights with wild beasts, Christians killed

Question 22

religious beliefs

Answer 22

originally gods of nature

Question 23

epicureanism

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Lucretius

Answer 24

Great supporter of Epicureanism

Question 25

stoicism

Answer 25

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

Question 26

Seneca

Answer 26

believed stoicism was the solution to Romes moral decline

Question 27

Marcus Arelious

Answer 27

last of the so-called good emperors of Rome

Question 28

mystery religions

Answer 28

polytheism and mythology

Question 29

The turning point of history

Answer 29

The life, death, and resurrection of Jesus

Question 30

Who was Octavian

Answer 30

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

Question 31

Roman society facts

Answer 31

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

Question 32

synagogues

Answer 32

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

Question 33

septuagint

Answer 33

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

Question 34

turning point of history

Answer 34

Jesus the Christ

Question 35

christ's death

Answer 35

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

Question 36

after Jesus's death

Answer 36

jewish persecution – Christians refused to worship The emporer

Question 37

The apostle Paul

Answer 37

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

Question 38

persecution of the church

Answer 38

Roman steamed Christians social misfits and haters of humanity

Question 39

Nero

Answer 39

first official persecutor

Question 40

Diocletian

Answer 40

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

Question 41

edict of Milan

Answer 41

Constantine made Christianity legal in AD 313

Question 42

Council of Nicaea

Answer 42

affirmed Christianity

Question 43

Theodosius I

Answer 43

makes Christianity the official religion of the Roman state

Question 44

monasticism

Answer 44

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

Question 45

Huns

Answer 45

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

Question 46

Visigoths

Answer 46

miss treated by Roman officials so they rebelled

Question 47

Alaric

Answer 47

leader of the Visigoths

Question 48

Attila the Hun

Answer 48

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

Question 49

Vandals

Answer 49

raided and pillaged Rome again

Question 50

Aeneid

Answer 50

epic poem that glorified Rome

Question 51

satires

Answer 51

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

Question 52

metamorphoses

Answer 52

A collection of over 200 myths of the ancient world