History 3 Flashcards
Roman peace
Pax Romana
First citizen
Princeps
Roman peace and prosperity was under his rule
Octavian
Became known a Caesar Augustus-1st Roman ruler to be called emperor-wanted to restore the republic and shared power with the senate
Octavian
Agriculture- trade and material wealth peaked- currency was made
Economic prosperity
Supplied water to Roman cities
Aqueducts
True happiness- free mind of fear and free body of pain
Epicurean
Highest good comes from the pursuit of virtues
Stoicism
Focused on beauty, art, and philosophy
Greeks
Focused on usefulness, law, and politics
Romans
Romans learned much from them- modeled literature after their examples
Greeks
Great orator and political figure of the republic in Rome
Cicero
Homer of Rome- greatest Roman poet- wrote Aeneid
Virgil
Poet of the Augustan age
Horace
Metamorphoses- 200 myths of the ancient world
Ovid
Wrote ancient history of Rome
Livys
Wrote bitter satires on Rome’s social problems
Juvenal
Historian who longed for republic- annals of germania
Tacitus
Dominant language of Rome
Latin
Most famous Greek writer in the Roman Empire
Plutarch
Medical writer
Galen
Astronomer and mathematician- geocentric theory
Ptolemy
Earth centered universe
Geocentric theory
Chariot races
Crocus Maximus
Most famous example of Rome’s architectural achievement
Colosseum
Epicureanism- on the nature of things
Lucretius
Philosopher- tutor of Nero
Seneca
Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
Worship centers for exhaled Jews
Synagogues
Old Testament translation from Hebrew to Greek
Septuagint
Anointed one
Jesus the Christ
Roman governor
Pontus Pilate
Roman emperor
Tiberius
The spread of the gospel was aided by these two things
Jewish persecution and Apostle Paul
First Christian martyr
Stephen
First missionary to the gentiles
Paul
Romans deemed Christians as
Social misfits to haters of humanity
Led first official Christian persecution
Nero
Led largest and most widespread Christian persecution
Diocletian
Made Christianity legal
Edict of Milan
Legalized Christianity
Constantine
Made Christianity Rome’s official religion
Theodosius I
Affirmed the deity of the Trinity
Council of Nicaea
Withdraw to monasteries and denied physical comforts
Monasticism
Reasons for decline of Rome
Political disorder, economic troubles, and moral decay
Germanic tribes who didn’t share Greek or Roman culture
Barbarians
Fierce eastern tribe
Huns
Hun tribe who settled in east Rome
Visigoths
Romans were defeated and the empower was killed
Battle of Adrianople
Plundered Rome with the Visgoths in 410
Alaric
Hun leader who invaded Rome
Attila
Raided and pillaged Rome- term still used today
Vandals
Date of the fall of the Roman Empire- when a non Roman was placed on the throne
476 AD
Chose co empower for west while ruling in the east
Diocletian