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Ancient History 243432

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Augustus Ceasar
*Amazing Administrative Ability *Removes army from Rome *Consolodated Frontier *Doesn't further expand Empire
Praetorian Guards
Body guards of the emperor; Created by Augustus
Civil Service
Paid to manage and run government: created by Augustus
Agriculture and Trade
economic foundation of empire
Paul's instruction to slaves (Philemon)
Receive Onesimus as a brother because he has been converted
Gravitas
Roman word for importance, dignity, or respect
Colesseum
Free games sponsered by government, Naval battles; all would attend
Circus Maximus
giant racetrack for chariots, held 1,000's of people
Caligula
mentally disturbed

Claudius
weak/sickly ruler
Nero
immoral; murdered wife and mother; persecuted Christians in Rome; commited suicide
Titus
Built Collesium, Mt. Vesuvius blow up
Domition
continues public building; took charge of conduct and morals of Rome, committed suicide
Marcus Aurelius
most noble figure of Ancient World; devoted himself to law and Philosophy; stoic; wrote "Meditations"; always amongst war
Christianity and Judaism
Both founded upon OT, Christianity is the prophesy fulfilled
Miracles (all 4 gospels)
feeding of 5,000, resurrection
Pilate
Roman Emperor, puts Jesus to death
Disciple/Apostle
Followers/ Sent ones
Appeal of the gospel
*Embraced All People *Gave hope to the powerless *Promised Eternal Life after death *Offered personal relationship with a loving God
How did the Pax Romana encourage spread of the gospel?
*Road system/safer to travel *Everyone spoke Greek *No big wars
AD 70
Fall of Jerusalem
Martyr
witness
Conversion of Constantine
312 AD
Edict of Milan
Issued by Constantine, legalized Christianity
Was it a good thing for the church to be legalized?
Yes, persecution ends, government helps church
Bishop
Overseer of a # of churches
Nicea and Nicene Creed
summary of orthodox Christian teaching
Paterfamilias
rule of the father
Commodus
dressed like Hercules; throwback to Nero, fought beasts and gladiators
Servus
based on power alone; increased soldiers pay; bloodshed; created larger and more expansive army
Debasement of coinage
lowering of value; minting coins with less and less silver
Inflation
when prices rise
211-300
time of chaos/ 70 emporers
Diocletian
reissues new money; sets sealing on how much you can charge on something
Constantine
Becomes Christian, made you follow your family's occupation
Byzantium
town Constantine moves capital to Roman empire
Barbarians
not Roman, not educated
Julian the Apostle
*last direct descendant from Constantine *last non-Christian emperor *created 3 part strategy to eliminate advantages Christians had
3 part strategy to eliminate advantages Christians had
1. cut off as part as the community 2. Attempted to establish Pagan church strategy 3. Philosophical attempt to discard Christianity (new belief system/ spinoff of Judaism)
Theodosius
Divides empire in 2 for his two sons, the Roman and Byzantium empire
Alaric the Visigoth
1st time Rome is sacked in a long time
Atilla the Hun
scourage of God
vandals
invaded Rome
Odovacer
Barbarian king who removes Romulus Augustus
Romulus Augustus
last Roman King (14 yrs old)
476
Fall of Rome
Mosaics
Pictures or designs made by setting small pieces of stone, glass, or tile onto a surface
Virgil
poet famous for writing the Aeneid
Aqueduct
Brought water into cities and towns; designed by Roman engineers
Latin
adopted by different peoples and developed into other languages
Roman Law
*Everyone had the right to equal treatment under the law *A person was considered innocent until proven guilty *A person should only be punished for actons, not thoughts

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