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Sources - Religion Flashcards

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1
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Roman prayer was a way in which individuals, families or groups of people made _________ from the _______ and offered something in exchange

A

Requests

Gods

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Prayer was in a way a _________ between human and God: The _______ would grant something and the _________ would give something in return

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Contract
God
Mortal

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A Roman would pray in what position?

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With hands and face raised to the sky

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What would those who worked on farms often pray for

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They would pray that their crops and land would be fruitful

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A Roman would often sacrifice a ________ to the appropriate God or Goddess in the hope that the God would be pleased with the gift and would restore him to _______

A

Lamb

Health

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People in the ancient world thought that by offering _________ ___________ and other gifts to the Gods they would keep on good terms with them and stand a better chance of getting their _________ answered. This was true at all levels of __________

A

Animal sacrifices
Prayers
Society

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If a general was going off to war, there would be a solemn public ___________ in which __________ and expensive _____________ would be offered to the ________

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Ceremony
Prayers
Sacrifices
Gods

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8
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Ordinary citizens would also offer sacrifices. For what sort of reason would they do this?

A

Succesful business deals
Safe voyages
Birth of children

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Sometimes in Roman homes, offerings of food would be made to ________, the spirit of hearth, and o the 7 lares and penates, the spirits of the household and store cupboard

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Vesta

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10
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People also offered sacrifices and presents to the Gods to __________ them at their ___________, to thank them for some _________ or an escape from danger, or to keep a __________

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Honour
Festivals
Success
Promise

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Who was the Pontus Maximus

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The chief priest

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What did the Pontifex do

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They advised the senate and the magistrates on all matters of the state cult

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The ______ monitored the flight of birds and advised the _________ on whether or not the Gods approved of proposed actions

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Augur

Senate

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What was the main job of the Haruspex

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To predict the outcome of an action by studying the vital organs of sacrificial animals

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When the Romans made sacrifices __________ would oversee it and a ____________ would also be present

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Present

Haruspex

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The Romans believed that the __________ would give divine signs about the future. If the _________ of the animal was diseased, that would be taken as a _______ omen

A

Organs
Liver
Bad

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17
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In what way did the Romans predict the future? What was the name of the priests who carried out this duty

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Augur - they would monitor the flight of birds

18
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The Romans generally ____________ the religious beliefs of the subject peoples. They encouraged them to identify their own Gods with _________ Gods who shared some of the same characteristics

A

Tolerated

Roman

19
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Another feature of Roman religion which was intended to encourage acceptance of Roman rule was the worship of the ___________

A

Emporer

20
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In _________ itself, emperor worship was generally ______________ however the peoples of the eastern provinces of the Roman empire had always regarded their kings and rulers as __________. Gradually the Romans introduced this idea in the _________ as well

A

Rome
Discouraged
Divine
West

21
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When an emperor died, it was usual to __________ him and _________ were often built to honour the deified emperor

A

Deify

Temples

22
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The message of Christianity was spread around the Roman empire. The early converts to Christianity in Ancient Rome faced many difficulties because the Romans believed in many _______ and the worship of ___________

A

Gods

Emperors

23
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It was made illegal to be _____________ and if you were caught practising the religion you faced __________. Many would be thrown to the _________

A

Christian
Death
Lions

24
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In AD 64, part of Rome was burnt down. The emperor Nero blamed the ____________ and the people turned on them

A

Christians

25
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In AD 313 the emperor Constantine made Christianity ________ and for the first time Christians were allowed to worship in public. __________ were quickly built not just in Rome but throughout the empire. In 391, the worship of other Gods was made __________

A

Legal
Churches
Illegal

26
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How might you use information about Christ to figure out when someone died

A

It might say ‘In Christo’ and Christ was only legal after AD 313

27
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The Romans believed that if the spirits of the dead were happy then they would journey on to the ______________. If they were unhappy, however, then they would come back and cause __________ for the living. Therefore the Romans did everything possible to make sure that __________ ________ were carried out correctly

A

Underworld
Problems
Funeral rights

28
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The Romans showed grief by wearing __________ clothes and not changing them, not __________ and __________ their hair. If the family was rich they would hire a __________ __________. At the cremation, a priest would purify the _________ by sprinkling them with _________ as the Romans thought they had been polluted by death

A 
Cheap
Washing and combing
Pontifex maximus
Family
Water
29
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After the funeral there were _______ days of sorrow. The final day was marked with a big _________

A

Nine

Feast

30
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Why did the Romans build their tombs along busy roads

A

Because they thought that the dead wanted to feel like they were still a part of life

31
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The parentalia festival was for honouring whom?

A

Dead parents

32
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When was the parentalia festival

A

In the Ides of February

33
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During the parentalia festival, families would gather at the family tombs and offer sacrifices of _________ and ________

A

Grain

Wine

34
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During the parentalia festival no ___________ were allowed and all the __________ were closed. All public business was stopped

A

Marriages

Temples

35
Q

Burial day, at the end of ________ was when people remembered whom?

A

March

All dead relatives

36
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The festival of Violets and Roses was at the end of May. This was when people laid ___________ over the tombs of their dead ____________

A

Flowers

Ancestors

37
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What was a curse tablet

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A curse tablet was a written curse asking the Gods to do harm to others

38
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Curse tablets were typically scratched on what?

What would happen after they had written their curses?

A

Very thin sheets in very tiny letters

They were then rolled, folded or pierced with nails

39
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Curse tablets were typically addressed to whom?

A

Gods of the underworld: Charon and Persephone

40
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What do an urn and torch represent

What might a boat represent

A

Death

Journey to the underworld

41
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What was the most common offence committed by the person being cursed

A

Theft

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