WH 8.3 Flashcards
the new testament called octavian what
Caesar Augustus
what year was jesus born
4 B.C.
who was emperor during jesus’s birth
Octavian
the 200 years of roman peace
pax romana
ruled the empire during the earthly ministry of Jesus Christ and at the time of the Savior’s death, resurrection, and ascension around A.D. 30
Tiberius
was insane. He is remembered for appointing his favorite horse to the Senate.
caligula
During his reign, the Roman legions finally subdued the Britons and made Britain into a Roman province
claudius
who was the emperor of rome after claudius was poisined by his 4th wife
Nero
who burned rome then blamed the christians
Nero
Nero made what
first great outbreak of persecution against the New Testament church
emerged victorious and helped restore political and economic stability to the empire after the claudian emporers
Vespasian
captured Jerusalem, as prophesied by Christ some 40 years earlier (Luke 19:41–45), and devastated the city, destroying the Temple.
titus
what year did titus devistate jerusalem
A.D. 70
in southern Italy suddenly erupted and spewed out red-hot lava and volcanic ash, completely burying the Roman cities of Herculaneum, Pompeii, and Stabiae.
Mt. Vesuvius
The empire attained its highest prosperity and power under the so-called five good emperors. Who were they?
Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius , and Marcus Aurelius
, a stone wall in northern Britain built to protect the empire’s frontier against raids by the fierce Picts and Scots
hadrians wall
Marcus Aurelius, a Stoic philosopher, was renowned for his book. what was it called
Meditations
rival generals placed upon the throne for a time by warring armies
barracks emperors
who came to power in A.D. 284 when the period of anarchy had reached its climax, instituted various reforms that held the tottering empire together for another 200 years
Diocletian
became the Augustus of the West, with his capital at Milan in northern Italy
maximian
divided the roman empire into east and west
diocletian
who ruled the west portion of rome
maximian
who ruled in the eastern portion of rome
diocletian
who won the civil war after diocletian died
Constantine
in what year did constantine see a vision of the cross in the sky
312
what document legalized christianity in rome
edict of milan
what year did christianity become legal in rome
313
what was the new capital of rome during constintaines rule
Constantinople
the empire was permanently divided into East and West by Emperor Theodosius I in what year
A.D. 395
who permanatley seperated rome
Theodosius I
who lead the visigoths
Alaric
who were the visigoths
group of people that first invaded rome during the fall
Ear-lier, in 378, the Visigoths had administered one of the worst defeats a Roman army had ever suffered, killing the emperor Valens and cutting his army to pieces where
Adrianople
ravaged North Africa
vandals
who began their invasion of Britain during the fall of rome
Angles, Saxons, and Jutes
known as the “scourge of God”
attila
what year did Odoacer remove the last Roman emperor
A.D. 476
who removed the last roman emporer
Odoacer
who was the last roman emperor
Romulus Augustulus
Rome’s greatest contributions to civilization
Latin language, Roman law, and republican government
gave rise during the Middle Ages to the Romance languages
vernacular, or vulgar, Latin
what were the romance langs?
modern French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish
spoken and understood by churchmen and scholars all over western Europe
medieval Latin
from the birth of Cicero to the death of Augustus, Roman writers produced their greatest work
Golden Age of Latin Literature
was a master of Latin prose and wrote numerous letters, rhetorical treatises, philosophical works, and orations
cicero
an eloquent statement of the political theory underlying the Roman republic
on the common wealth
The greatest poet of the Golden Age
virgil
describes the legendary events that led to the founding of Rome,ranks as one of the greatest masterpieces of Latin literature
Aeneid
After Virgil’s death, became Rome’s leading poet; he is known especially for his beautiful lyric Odes
horace
portrayed the lives of the 12 Roman rulers from Julius Caesar to Domitian; he also mentions Jesus Christ in his writings
Suetonius
is best known for his masterpiece Parallel Lives
Plutarch
a collection of 16 biographies arranged in groups of two in which a Greek orator, statesman, or warrior is paired with a Roman of similar occupation
Parallel Lives
the notion that all law derives from a single central source.
single sovereignty
developed from the belief that all men share a common human nature
universality
the principle that laws should be sufficiently flexible to fit a large number of particular cases
equity
clarified a millennium of Roman legal developments
Justinian Code
