Test 3 Flashcards
a false doctrine which denied the deity of Christ
arianism
The city of Rome is on the ______ River
Tiber
(Rome) most powerful governing body of the Republic
Senate
Rich people (Rome)
Patricians
Poor people (Rome)
Plebs
Wars against Rome’s chief trading rival
Punic Wars (there were 3)
Focal point of all history
Jesus
Rome’s chief trading rival
Carthage
Time divided into 3 eras
Ancient, Medieval, Modern
Second punic war: Carthaginian (_________) vs Roman (________)
Hannibal vs. Scipio
An institution with the authority and power to control, ditect, and to rule
Government
crossed the rubicon
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar was murdered on __/__/__ it is called “__________”
3/15/44 “The ides of March”
first Greek civilization, lived on the island of crete
minoans
One of history’s most decisive battles (Mark Antony & Octavian)
Battle of Actium
lived on the Greek mainland
mycenaeans
Pax Romana was the
200 years of peace
religion started by siddhartha gautama that became the main religion
buddhism
the time Greece was overrun by Dorian’s (barbarians)
dark ages
Ruled during Jesus’ ministry, death, & resurrection
Tiberius
a poet who is remembered for the iliad and the Odyssey.
homer
First outbreak of Christian persecution (Set fire to Rome & blamed Christians)
Nero
greatest leader of the Byzantine empire
Justinian I
First Flavian Emperor
Vespasian
hilltop fortress; marketplace
acropolis; agora
Captured Jerusalem & ruled when Mt. Vesuvius exploded
Titus
battle where Xerxes I came to avenge his father and eventually prevailed
battle of thermopylae
Made Christianity the official religion of Rome
Theodosius
cradle of civilization
fertile crescent
common language of Rome
Vernacular Latin