Test 2 Flashcards
During the reign of emperor Justinian?
Made great effort to recover areas in the western Mediterranean
Europe has been said to end here, at this fortress city, where Asia begins:
Constantinople
Who was responsible for the codification of the laws of Ancient Rome?
Justinian
Whose life was dramatically changed when, as he said, the angel Gabriel told him to “recite in the name of Lord”?
Muhammad
The holy city of the Muslims was
Mecca
In an Islamic state
There was no separation between secular and spiritual authority
In 732, the franks defeated the Muslims at
Tours
Who was crowned empower of all Romans
Charlemagne
A castellany was
Land that was close to a lords castle
Which of the following terms refers to the governmental structure of the Middle Ages?
Feudalism
Jesus was condemned to death during the administration of
Pilate
Who was a very early Christian missionary
Saint Paul
Jewish revolutionary sympathies lay most with
Zealots
During the reign of Diocletian
Ordered terrible persecutions of the Christians
Who issued the edict of Milan
Constantine
Christians should credit the Jewish tradition with each of the following EXCEPT
Monasticism
How many apostles were there in all
12
Jesus was referred to as the Christ because
He was the messiah
Who thought that Christianity had nothing to fear from the application of reason
Saint Augustine
Christianity’s growth benefited from the Roman Empire
By the roads and relative peace making travel safer
__________ was the worlds first empire
Rome
Rome was a ________ state
World
Two main social groups in Rome
Plebeians and patricians
Battle where Rome was defeated by Hannibal
Cannae
Slave gladiator who led a slave rebellion
Spartacus
First emperor
Octavian (Augustus)
Meaning of Pax Romana
Roman peace
What happened during the Pax Romana?
- Rise of Christianity
- Trade grew
What group assassinated Julius Caesar?
The senate
We’ll know senator who was a friend of Julius Caesar who helped in the assassination
Brutus
Ruling body of three
Triumvirate
What was the first step in Roman expansion?
Unifying Italy
What are some reasons the roman REPUBLIC fell?
- power hungry demagogues
- economic stresses from war w Hannibal
- social tension
- agricultural crisis
Who were the gracuas brothers and what’d they do?
Gaius and Tiberius
Tried to redistribute farmland to the poor
Who was behind Tiberius and Gaius’ murders?
The senate
Typically the cause for roman expansion
Strategic and political reasons
Rome destroyed what city in 70 ad and 180 ad
Jerusalem
Whose status did roman law help?
Women and slaves
What tool helped the agricultural revolution
The heavy plow
What was the life of a serf like?
Dismal and short
Only contempt for the things they did
Everything they did was for protection given by his lord and castle
Who was the king that was forced to sign the Magna Carta (great charter)
King john in 1215
Term for townspeople
Burghers
Who was crowned “emperor of the Romans” or the “holy roman emperor”
Otto the great
In 1122 the papacy and Henry V reached a compromise called what?
THe concordat of worms
