Test 1 - Flashcards
What means “Roman Peace”?
Pax Romana
What word means “Dispersion”
Diaspora
Who became a leader at age 20?
Alexander the Great
Who received the title “Augustus in 27 BC?
Octavian
Who did the Jewish faith begin with - - which was a covenant between God and this person?
Abraham
What is the ethical code that appealed to the Roman sense of law, order and virtue?
Stoicism
What is the group that rejected the idea of life after death and individual judgement after death?
Sadducees
What was the reforming group of Jewish scholars?
Pharisees
What was the spread of Greek cultural Attributes throughout the East?
Hellenization
What were the two parts that the kingdom was divided into AFTER Solomon’s death?
Israel and Judea
Under what two Kings was the first temple completed?
King Solomon and King David
What two brothers founded Rome?
Remus and Romuleus
Who was Moses’ successor among the Jewish people?
Joshua
Who conquered most of the known world of the 4th century BC?
Alexander the Great
What two classical languages dominated the Roman World at the time of Jesus?
Greek and Latin
Who led the Jewish people out of captivity?
Moses
When was Rome founded?
April 21 753 BC
What happened to the Jews in AD 70?
The temple was destroyed
Who was the chief Roman god?
The sky-god (Jupiter Optimus Maximus)
Who was Augustus - and how did he receive the title?
Octavian - - he was appointed by the Senate
What opened the door for Octavian to be declared Emperor?
The death of Marc Antony
How did Rome benefit from the Punic War?
The acquired or got more land
Who were the triumvirate rulers?
Octavian, Lepidus, Antony
How did the Pax Romana help aid the spread of Christianity?
they had safe and effective travel
What is a group of people that withdraw from the world to live a life of prayer?
Essenes
What is Hellenization?
The spread of Greek culture throughout the east.
Describe how it paved the way for the spread of Christianity?
Greek religion was simple to learn and it laid the foundation for Christianity.
Greek language was used in the letters of St Paul and the gospel of John
Plato and Aristotle provided ideas for Catholic Theology
