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WH 8.3 Flashcards

1
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the new testament called octavian what

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Caesar Augustus

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2
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what year was jesus born

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4 B.C.

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3
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who was emperor during jesus’s birth

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Octavian

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4
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the 200 years of roman peace

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pax romana

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5
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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

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Tiberius

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6
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was insane. He is remembered for appointing his favorite horse to the Senate.

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caligula

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7
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During his reign, the Roman legions finally subdued the Britons and made Britain into a Roman province

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claudius

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8
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who was the emperor of rome after claudius was poisined by his 4th wife

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Nero

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9
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who burned rome then blamed the christians

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Nero

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10
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Nero made what

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first great outbreak of persecution against the New Testament church

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11
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emerged victorious and helped restore political and economic stability to the empire after the claudian emporers

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Vespasian

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12
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captured Jerusalem, as prophesied by Christ some 40 years earlier (Luke 19:41–45), and devastated the city, destroying the Temple.

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titus

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13
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what year did titus devistate jerusalem

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A.D. 70

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14
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in southern Italy suddenly erupted and spewed out red-hot lava and volcanic ash, completely burying the Roman cities of Herculaneum, Pompeii, and Stabiae.

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Mt. Vesuvius

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15
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The empire attained its highest prosperity and power under the so-called five good emperors. Who were they?

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Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius , and Marcus Aurelius

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16
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, a stone wall in northern Britain built to protect the empire’s frontier against raids by the fierce Picts and Scots

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hadrians wall

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17
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Marcus Aurelius, a Stoic philosopher, was renowned for his book. what was it called

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Meditations

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18
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rival generals placed upon the throne for a time by warring armies

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barracks emperors

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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

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Diocletian

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20
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became the Augustus of the West, with his capital at Milan in northern Italy

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maximian

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21
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divided the roman empire into east and west

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diocletian

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22
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who ruled the west portion of rome

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maximian

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23
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who ruled in the eastern portion of rome

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diocletian

24
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who won the civil war after diocletian died

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Constantine

25
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in what year did constantine see a vision of the cross in the sky

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312

26
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what document legalized christianity in rome

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edict of milan

27
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what year did christianity become legal in rome

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313

28
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what was the new capital of rome during constintaines rule

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Constantinople

29
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the empire was permanently divided into East and West by Emperor Theodosius I in what year

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A.D. 395

30
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who permanatley seperated rome

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Theodosius I

31
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who lead the visigoths

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Alaric

32
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who were the visigoths

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group of people that first invaded rome during the fall

33
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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

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Adrianople

34
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ravaged North Africa

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vandals

35
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who began their invasion of Britain during the fall of rome

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Angles, Saxons, and Jutes

36
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known as the “scourge of God”

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attila

37
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what year did Odoacer remove the last Roman emperor

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A.D. 476

38
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who removed the last roman emporer

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Odoacer

39
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who was the last roman emperor

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Romulus Augustulus

40
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Rome’s greatest contributions to civilization

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Latin language, Roman law, and republican government

41
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gave rise during the Middle Ages to the Romance languages

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vernacular, or vulgar, Latin

42
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what were the romance langs?

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modern French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish

43
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spoken and understood by churchmen and scholars all over western Europe

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medieval Latin

44
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from the birth of Cicero to the death of Augustus, Roman writers produced their greatest work

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Golden Age of Latin Literature

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was a master of Latin prose and wrote numerous letters, rhetorical treatises, philosophical works, and orations

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cicero

46
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an eloquent statement of the political theory underlying the Roman republic

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on the common wealth

47
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The greatest poet of the Golden Age

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virgil

48
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describes the legendary events that led to the founding of Rome,ranks as one of the greatest masterpieces of Latin literature

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Aeneid

49
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After Virgil’s death, became Rome’s leading poet; he is known especially for his beautiful lyric Odes

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horace

50
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portrayed the lives of the 12 Roman rulers from Julius Caesar to Domitian; he also mentions Jesus Christ in his writings

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Suetonius

51
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is best known for his masterpiece Parallel Lives

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Plutarch

52
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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

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Parallel Lives

53
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the notion that all law derives from a single central source.

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single sovereignty

54
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developed from the belief that all men share a common human nature

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universality

55
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the principle that laws should be sufficiently flexible to fit a large number of particular cases

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equity

56
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clarified a millennium of Roman legal developments

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Justinian Code

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WFBA 10th grade terms (55 decks)

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