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Caesar Augustus

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Adopted title princeps & first citizen

Shared power w/senate

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The Pax Romana -

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Roman peace

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Augustus and the tile princeps

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first citizen

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Augustus rule was really a —— disguised as a republic.

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Monarchy

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—– is a title of honor usually expressing divinity like the Roman gods.

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Augustus

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Augustus reign was significant because …

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Rid med of pirates
Growth of trade & stable currency of gold and silver coins
Greek and Latin became universal languages
Brought stability to roman society
Passed laws

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Augustus brought stability to the society by …

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Placing ability above social class in selecting government officials

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God planned for Jesus to be born in Bethlehem during Augustus reign by …

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Having a census

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The —- culture dominates every aspect of Roman life.

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Greek

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Greeks are known for —–,——-,and ——. Romans are known for —–,—–,and ——.

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Greeks: beauty, art, and philosophy
Romans: usefulness, law , and politics

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According to Roman law who if anyone had equal rights?

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All citizens

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Virgil is called —–.

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The greatest roman poet, exalted Rome as the ideal state

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Horace wrote….

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Spoke of not only the triumph of Rome but also the decay of society

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The Roman writer Ovid …

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Poet who wrote of love and mythology

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The Roman writer Livy….

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Wrote lengthy history of Rome

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A satire is …

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the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices sometimes in politics or other topical issues

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Latin is …

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Dominant language in learning, go not, and religion up through the Middle Ages
Parent of other ‘romance’ languages

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Latin was …

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Dominant language in learning, go not, and religion up through the Middle Ages

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Who was Galen?

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Greek physician; studied lungs, heart, circulatory systems and blood using animals

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Who thought the universe is geocentric?

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Ptolemy

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What type of sculpture protrudes from a flat background?

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Relief sculpture

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The Colosseum…

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Shaped like a football stadium
Made for amusements/held there
Christians died their
Gladiators fought there

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Pontifex Maximus …

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Greatest priest

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Christians were loyal to the Roman state but …

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Were persecuted because they didn’t worship the emperor

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—– believe happiness only comes in this life, ——- believe proper living will bring you in harmony with your fate.

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Epicureans

Stoics

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What made the Pax Romana a timely period for Jesus to arrive….

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Common language
Safe travel
Common currency
Decline overall morals

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Why is the Septuagint important?

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It is the Hebrew Old Testament translated into Greek so Jews and Gentiles could read it

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Who was Pontius Pilate?

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Man in charge of Judaea at the time of Jesus being alive

Jesus was brought before him before being sent to the cross

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Christians were persecuted for ….

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Not worshipping the emperor

Became scapegoats of the empire for evil happenings

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Under Emperor Constantine Christianity became legal due to

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His conversion

Edict of Milan

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Emperor Constantine …

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Made Christianity legal and one and only religion of Roman Empire

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By the 4th century AD the official and exclusive religion of the Roman state was …

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Christianity

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The position of favor of Christianity within the Roman Empire resulted in …

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Corruption and secular beliefs entering into the church

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The —- were leaders of the Christian church in the most important cities in the empire.

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Patriarchs

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Christians who escape the evils of the world and live separated are …

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Monks

Monasticism

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The church at the end of the Roman Empire was patterned after —- rather than biblical teaching.

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The government

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The Roman Empire was invaded by barbarians because the empire was weak due to …

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Political disorder
Unstable government
Inefficient, wasteful govnt programs
Moral decay

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Money became worthless because…

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Amount of gold and silver used in coins was reduced

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Moral decay in the a Roman Empire was the result of …

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Contentment replaced with greed

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Diocletian split the empire into —– prefectures to increase the —— of the government.

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Four divisions ruled by two co-emperors

Stability

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The result of Diocletian’s reforms was …

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Even larger govnt than before and greater govnt control

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The first emperor to embrace Christianity was …

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Constantine

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—- moved the capital of the empire to Constantinople and called it “new Rome”.

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Constantine

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When Constantine died he split the empire into two halves ….

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Theodosius divides the kingdom between his two sons

East and west

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After the empire split the western half —– and the eastern half ——–.

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Western half fell to barbarians

Eastern empire became Byzantine empire

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—– is the Roman term for anyone living outside the empire who did not have Greek or Roman culture.

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Barbarian

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The —— were tribes from the Far East that terrorized the Germanic tribes in Europe causing them them to escape the Roman Empire.

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Huns

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The fall of the Roman Empire occurred in 476 AD when a —— rose to the throne in the west.

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Non-roman

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Explain how when Christianity was adopted in the Roman Empire it caused the purity of the Christian Church to decline.

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Christianity was adopted into the Roman Empire when Constantine a roman emperor converted to Christianity. He set a law called the edict of Milan which was declaring that the official roman religion was Christianity. He helped set the divinity of Christ right when he and others held the council of Nicaea. Monasticism became a practice that was not biblical but was followed by many. Corruption also started to happen as well when people in the government wanted to control the church. The wealthy played a big role in this corruption. They began by getting themselves jobs high in the church hierarchy and here was another way corruption began as well.

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Describe how Diocletian’s attempts at reform within the Roman Empire actually added to the decline of the empire.

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His reforms ended in a larger government than before and the government also gain more power over the people.

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Explain how God prepared the Pax Romana to be the perfect time and place for Jesus birth.

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God prepared the Pax Romana to be the perfect time and place for Jesus birth when the world was at moderate peace, travel was safe, the roman world all had the same currency, and there was a common language that was spread over the Roman Empire.

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Discuss which aspects of the Roman Empire were positive and should be imitated and which were negative and should not be repeated.

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One thing that is a good aspect of the Roman Empire was how Christianity was spread at the beginning of the church era in that time. Another aspect of the roam an empire that was good was how they all had the relatively same language. The same language should be imitated today is is so some what with the English language. The colosseum and some of the cruel amusements that were performed there should not be imitated in today’s world. Another thing that should not be imitated was the monarchy and dictatorships that some of the emperors had in the Roman Empire.

World History Test 1 (8 decks)

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