Pax Romana Flashcards
In the late 18th century the English historian Edward ___ dubbed the stability and relative peace within the empire that ___ had created the ___ Romana.
Gibbon, Augustus, pax
During this time the Roman emperor Hadrian built a wall in ___, someof which still stands today.
England
The Roman system of roads grew to ___ miles, making it longer than the interstate highway system in the U.S. - some of the roads are still used today.
50k
The city of Rome had a population of over a ___ people and may have been the largest city in the world.
million
Most people in Rome lived in shoddily constructed houses, and the Emperor’s kept the peace by providing free ___, ___ and ___.
oil, wine, grain
They entertained the masses with gladiatorial ___
combats
The Romans were even more addicted to ___ racing than to gladiatorial shows.
chariot
The expansion of trade during the pax Romana made the Roman Empire an ___ as well as political force.
economicv
Egypt produced tons of ___ that fed the Roman populace
wheat
___ was still a major commodity - which came from the East - in return Romans traded ___, ___
Silk, glassware, gems, slaves
Word went back to China that Romans were wealthy, __ and strikingly similar to the Chinese.
tall
During the reign of ___ in the Roman province of ___, Jesus of Nazareth ___, attracted a following and was executed on the order of a Roman prefect named ___,
Tiberius, Judea, preached, Pontius Pilate
The life of Jesus took place in a context in which some Jews were Zealots, who encouraged armed rebellion against ___ rule and in which many Jews believed that a final struggle was near that would lead to the coming of a savior or ___.
Roman, Messiah
The ___ belief was an old one among Jews.
apolalyptic
The term ___ refer to all those who practiced religions other than ___ or ___.
pagan, Judaism, Christianity
There were also mystery religions that promised life after ___.
death
Into this climate came Jesus of ___,whose ministry began when he was about ___.
Nazareth, thirty
Like Socrates and Buddha, Jesus left no ___, and the principle evidence for his life and deeds are the four ___.
writings, gospels
The term gospel means
Good News
The textbook describes these Gospels as records of Jesus’ ___, but also claims that they were not meant to be ___, and argues that there are discrepancies among the four accounts.
teachings, biographies
To this day some see Jesus as a great moral ___ (Thomas Jefferson), some as a ___ (Islam’s view), and many see him as the son of ___, who ___ from the dead, and is himself ___. (Christian view)
teacher, prophet, God, rose, divine
The textbook claims that Jesus’ major deviation from orthodoxy was his insistence that he taught in his own ___.
name
To avert riot and bloodshed ___ condemned Jesus to death.
Pilate
Soon after, some of Jesus’ followers ___ that he had risen from the dead.
claimed
The catalyst in the spread of Jesus’ teachings was __ of Tarsus, a ___ Jew who was comfortable in both the ___ and ___ worlds.
Paul, Hellenized, Roman, Jewish
