Chapter5️⃣ Flashcards
List three titles or names by which Octavian was called.
Augustus
Caesar
First citizen
What did Octavian institute within the empire in order to provide
for fairer taxing of provinces? How often did he order this to take place?
Census
Every 14 years
How did many of the self-seeking, corrupt emperors of the late empire win the favor of the people?
Free grain and amusement
What culture greatly influenced Roman culture?
Greek
Who was called the “Homer of Rome”?
Virgil
What city was covered by the volcanic ash of Mount Vesuvius and not rediscovered until the eighteenth century?
Pompeii
What was the name of the theory that stated that the earth was the center of the universe? Who developed this theory?
Geocentric, Ptolemy
Who was a leading Stoic philosopher of the Roman Empire and also served as tutor to an emperor? Who was his famous pupil?
Seneca, Nero
What were the centers of worship called for the Jews who were scattered abroad?
Synagogues
Why did the Jewish religious leaders reject Jesus as their Messiah?
He publicly stated that they were sinners who needed to repent in order to be right with God
According to the apostle Paul, what is the gospel?
1 cor. 15:1;3-4 ; Christ died for our sins, he was buried, and rose again on the third day
What two events greatly aided the spread of Christianity beyond its Jewish cradle?
The conversion of Paul
Roman destruction of Jerusalem
What emperor made Christianity a legal religion in the empire?
What emperor made Christianity the official religion of the empire?
Legal- Constantine
Forced- theodouce 1
What heresy challenged the deity of Christ? At what council in 325 was the truth of Christ’s deity affirmed?
Arianism
Council of Nicea
What were the pastor/bishops of the most important cities called?
List these five cities.
Patriarchs Antioch Constantinople Jerusalem Alexandria Rome