Romans Greeks And Chinese Flashcards
Who is Theodosius
Made Christianity only legal religion in Rome
Infused church into roman law
God is seen as roman emperor of Rome
Who is Diocletian ?
Persecuted Christians for not believing in roman gods
Where you gained a lot of older saints for being martyrs for Christianity
Bandwagon for Christianity
Stylites- live on top of poles and preach
Constantine
Story at milvean bridge, to win the battle he promised God that if he gave him victory he would forever be his follower
Theodosius splits Rome
Gives to his two sons, it never reunited again
Stiliano
Western general against Visigoths
Rome thought he was too powerful so they executed him
Ho-ch-in agreement
Great Wall borders Became brother states Married Han princesses Han gifts of silk rice and water The xionghu take all the stuff and continue to raid
Didn’t work because: the xiongnu where seen as equals and there was no punishment for deviating from their part of the bargain
Tributary agreement
Han overlordship, Han gifts on as tribute consequence
If not peaceful they would be wiped out, used xionghu to fight xionghu,
Romulus and Remus
Born of Mars (God of war) the ruler sees them as a threat and they are thrown into a river, they survive and are raised by wolves, later picked up by farmers, they eventually kill leaders and establish their own kingdom, fight to death because they decide it can only have one ruler- Romulus wins,
Sabine women
Where asked politely to marry, to they took the women to Rome
Han Dynasty religion
Confucian ideals
Xuanzang
Buddhist monk, wanted to make Buddhism in China more true –> Buddhism was proclaimed more superior than Daoism and Confucionism
Wu Zhao
Favored Buddhism but supported Confucianism and Daoism. Open to all three religions to not alienate groups and provide unity for China
Wuzong
Prohibited and destroyed Buddhism which allowed Confucianism and Daoism to resurface
Qin Shih Huangdi “first emperor”
Ended warring states Standardized everything Civil officials instead of aristocratic families in charge Very strict United the wall Hated Confucianism
Gaozu
First Han emperor, infused bureaucracy with Confucian principles
