Exam 1 Flashcards
Twenty-two emperors from 235-285 that were military bred
Third - Century Crisis
The blending of practices or beliefs
Syncretism
Worshipping the Emperor as Lord & God
Imperial Cult
Realigned Roman provinces and started the tetrarchy. Persecuted Christians & other religions who would not conform to imperial cult.
Diocletian
Attempted to stop flight of Aristocrats to the provinces: ruled after the civil war
Constantine
Made administrative posts hereditary
Constantine
Christ told him in a dream he would conquer under his sign
Constantine
Made Christianity Legal
Constantine
First ecumenical council; Trinitarian Controversy = how divine is Jesus
Council of Nicea
Idea that Jesus is not fully divine like God and that Jesus was created by God and is a different person than God the father
Arianism
non-romans; persians, egyptians, and even Romans at one time
Barbarians
people’s migration (folks wandering) moving south to east coming in contact with the Romans
Volkerwanderung
a power dynamic; the war leader would share his gifts with his men.
Gift Giving
extreme circumstance that the accused would go through. Ex. Heat, drowning.
Ordeals
the agreement between a Germanic lord and his subservients, a special case of clientage and the direct source of the practice of feudalism
Comitatus