Chapter 6 Flashcards
The Second Triumvirate
Lepidus, Mark Antony, Octavian
Proscription
Public identification and official condemnation of declared enemies of the state. Proscription eliminates political enemies and replenish the Treasury.
Senatorial resistance had been definitively crushed
Battle of Philippi
The decisive confrontation of the final battle in the war of the Roman Republic. Octavian defeated Antony and Cleopatra.
Battle of Actium
“Princeps” or “first man” a term from the republic meaning:
Most distinguished senator
Augustus fundamentally transformed Rome’s political system into a
Monarchy
Augustus’s true source of power
- controlled the state’s treasury
- loyalty of the Army
Augustus’s military reforms
- he professionalized the army
- guaranteed soldiers pay and retirement benefits
- he created the Praetorian guard
Augustus’s contributions to Roman life. Establishes the first ________ in western civilization
Fire department
Distributed grain, gladiatorial shows, prevent the citizenry from protesting and rioting
Bread and circuses
Of the Principate the goal
Was stability and order not political freedom
Pax Romana
The Roman Peace
The Julio-Claudians
- Augustus
- Tiberius
- Caligula
- Claudius
- Nero
Insane tyrant
Caligula
One legacy from ________ was the precedent he established by bribing the Praetorian guard to back him as the new Emperor
Claudius
He had his mother killed in 59
Nero
In 60 Nero ____________ scandalizing the Roman elite
Performed as a musician in public
Victory showed the elite and the army wished to continue the Principate
Vespasian
The worship of the Emperor as a living god and making sacrifices for his households welfare
Imperial Cult
First emperor to succeed his biological father
Titus
The five good emperors
- Nerva
- Trajan
- Hadrian
- Antoninus Pius
- Marcus Aurelius
Period known as
The Golden Age
The greatest military expansion in Roman history, attain its maximum territorial extent
Trajan
Believed the financial strain to be incurred in keeping on a policy of conquests was something the Roman Empire could not afford
Hadrian
His reign was the most peaceful in the entire history of the Principate
Antoninus Pius
The last of the five good emperors, acquired the reputation of a philosopher kind within his lifetime
Marcus Aurelius
Messiah
Anointed one
The world is ruled by evil powers that would one day be crushed by the Messiah, God’s chosen agent after which the righteous would be rewarded and the evil punished
Apocalypticism
66-70 Christianity began to separate from Judaism
the Zealot Revolt and the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple
Christians consider the ________ to be the cornerstone of their faith and the most important event in history
Resurrection of Jesus
Reasons for Roman persecution (of Christians as individuals)
- Christian’s denial of the gods would invoke their wrath on the empire
- Christians were cannibals and sexually promiscuous
The biggest argument of the early church was the issue of the
Trinity
Doctrine states that the Apostles had appointed the first bishops as their successor, giving these officials the authority that Jesus had originally given to the Apostles
Apostolic Succession
Sacraments of the Church
- Baptism
- Reconciliation
- Holy Eucharist
- Marriage
- Anointing of the sick
