Rome 2
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- Moses
- A prophet who wanders with jews in the dessert for 40 years and receives 10 commandments.
- Kosher
- Jewish dietary laws= no pork, shellfish, lobster, shrimp, no mixing meat with milk.
- Rabbi
- Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation
- Roman Law
- Most Important Contribution
- Constantine
- Takes over in 311, issues edict of milan, moves capital to constinople.
- Sarah
- Abraham's wife
- Rome's Fall
- Political, Economic, Social, Military
- Priest
- Spiritual leader of a local church
- Martyrs
- People who are willing to die for their religous beliefs
- Yom Kippur
- Jewish Day of Atonement- fasting and asking for forgiveness on one's sins.
- Synagogue
- Jewish house of worship, temple
- Pope
- Head spiritual leader of Christianity.
- King Saul
- Unites hebrews in 1020 B.C.
- Diocletian
- Attempts to reform empire, divides into easy and west, absolute ruler, set prices (not too high, not too low), made people keep jobs, farmers stay on land, and persecuted Christians.
- Paul
- Was a jew at first, then had vision of jesus and became devoted to Christianity
- Monotheism
- Belief in a single God
- Edict of Milan
- Allowed Christianity to be practiced in Rome
- 10 Commandments
- The laws of the Jewish people giving to them by God on Mount Sinai
- Palestine/Canaan
- Land promised by God to Abraham
- Theodosius
- Emperor who made Christianity official religion of Rome
- Mercenaries
- Hired foreign soldiers
- Passover
- The holiday celebrating the Jews exodus out of egypt
- Yishmael
- The song of Hagaar and Abraham
- Cardinal
- Higher ranking church official
- Romance Languages
- came from Latin= Italian, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Romanian.
- Ptolemy
- an astrologer, made the geocentric theory= the earth being at the center of the universe. The Catholic church used this in their philosophy.
- Shabbat
- Jewish Day of Rest (from friday sundown to saturday sundown)
- Covenant
- A promise
- King Solomon
- Wise king, builds fabulous temple.
- Inflation
- Value of money goes down but prices still rise
- Livy
- Wrote inaccurate/mythologic history of Rome
- Ovid
- Wrote the metamorphosis
- Abraham
- Founding father of Jews
- Oduacer
- Banishes Romulus August (last roman emperor) who was 14, western empire falls, then east (Byzantine) falls in 1453.
- Torah
- Jewish Bible, Old Testament= 5 books
- Heretics
- People who disagreed with church's policies but were still Christian.
- Rosh Hashana
- Jewish New Year
- Talmud
- A record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, customs, and history.
- Catacombs
- Underground tunnels or caves that people practiced Christianity in.
- Bread and Circus
- Free shows where romans could also receive free food
- Virgil
- Wrote the Aenid
- Tacitus
- Wrote the accurate history of Rome
- Nicene Creed
- Cardinals talked about things to put into words
- Issac
- The miracle son of Abraham and Sarah
- Hagaar
- Abraham's maid that sarah asks him to have a child with.
- Bishop
- Higher ranking priest