Chapter Six

Question 1

the second triumvirate

Answer 1

•octavian
•mark antony
•lepidus

Question 2

proscription

Answer 2

public identification and official condemnation of declared enemies of the state.
proscription eliminates political enemies and replenish the treasury

Question 3

senatorial resistance had been definitively crushed

Answer 3

battle of philippi

Question 4

the decisive confrontation of the final battle in the war of the roman republic

Answer 4

battle of actium

Question 5

“princeps” of “first man” a term from the republic meaning

Answer 5

most distinguished senator

Question 6

augustus fundamentally transformed romes political system into a

Answer 6

monarchy

Question 7

augustus’s true source of power

Answer 7

•controlled the states treasury
•loyalty of the army

Question 8

augustus’s military reforms

Answer 8

•he professionalized the army
•guaranteed soldiers pay and retirement benefits
•he created the praetorian guard

Question 9

augustus’s contribution to roman life
what does he establish that’s the first in western civilization

Answer 9

fire department

Question 10

distributed grain, gladiatorial shoes, prevent the citizenry from protesting and rioting

Answer 10

bread and circuses

Question 11

of the principate the goal

Answer 11

was stability and order not political freedom

Question 12

pax romana

Answer 12

the roman peace

Question 13

insane tyrant

Answer 13

caligula

Question 14

The Julio-Claudians

Answer 14

Augustus
Tiberius
Caligula
Claudius
Nero

Question 15

One legacy from ________ was the precedent he established by bribing the Praetorian guard to back him as the new Emperor

Answer 15

Claudius

Question 16

Had his mother killed in 59

Answer 16

Nero

Question 17

In 60 Nero
scandalizing the Roman elite

Answer 17

performed as a musician in public

Question 18

Victory showed the elite and the army wished to continues the Principate

Answer 18

Vespasian

Question 19

The worship of the Emperor as a living god and making sacrifices for his households welfare

Answer 19

imperial cult

Question 20

first emperor to succeed his biological father

Answer 20

Titus

Question 21

The five good emperors

Answer 21

Nerva
Trajan
Hadrian
Antoninus Pius
Marcus Aurelis

Question 22

The greatest military expansion in Roman history, attains its maximum territorial extent

Answer 22

Trajan

Question 23

Believed the financial strain to be incurred in keeping on a policy of conquests was something the Roman Empire could not afford

Answer 23

Hadrian

Question 24

His reign was the most peaceful in the entire history of the Principate

Answer 24

Antoninus Pius

Question 25

The last of the Five Good Emperors, acquired the reputation of a philosopher king within his lifetime

Answer 25

Marcus Aurelis

Question 26

Messiah

Answer 26

Anointed One

Question 27

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

Answer 27

apocalypticism

Question 28

66-70 Christianity began to separate from Judaism

Answer 28

the Zealot Revolt &
the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple

Question 29

Christians consider the ______________ to be the cornerstone of their faith and the most important event in history

Answer 29

resurrection of Jesus

Question 30

Reasons for Roman Persecution

Answer 30

Christians denial of the gods would invoke their wrath on the empire Christians were cannibals and sexually promiscuous

Question 31

The biggest argument of the EARLY CHURCH was the issue of

Answer 31

Trinity

Question 32

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

Answer 32

Apostolic succession

Question 33

Sacraments of the Church

Answer 33

Baptism
Reconciliation
Holy Eucharist
Marriage
Anointing of the Sick