The Era of Peace
The first official emperor of Rome.
Who was Octavian/Augustus?
Construction of the Colosseum began under this emperor's reign.
Who is Vespasian?
__________________- was the governor of Judea when Jesus was born.
Who was Herod?
The emperors after Commodus lacked ___________ experience.
What is political?
When there is more money at less value.
What is inflation?
A peaceful era in which goods and people moved freely through the empire.
What is the Pax Romana?
These structures transported water throughout the empire.
What are aqueducts?
________________- used the fire of 64AD as a campaign against the Christians, while ________________ outlawed Christianity altogether.
Who is Nero?
Who is Diocletian
Soldiers who are paid to fight.
What are mercenaries?
___________________ ended the persecution of Christians.
Who is Constantine?
The act of expanding territory by taking over other territories.
What is imperialism?
Major Roman invention that made buildings and roads stronger.
What is concrete?
Someone who dies for a cause.
What is a martyr?
The Roman empire was under constant threat because of this group________________
What are the barbarians?
The capital of the Roman empire was moved from Rome to ____________________.
What is Constantinople?
This emperor was the strongest of the 5 good emperors_____________, while this emperor ended the era________________.
Who is Hadrian?
Who is Commodus?
To prevent riots, the emperors ensured the people were well-fed and entertained, a strategy called ________________.
What are bread and circuses?
Stories about Jesus life are found in the ___________________, while the stories in the _________________ were accepted as true descriptions of Jesus' life.
What is the New Testament?
What are the Gospels?
__________________- provided comfort and authority when the empire struggled.
What is the Christian church?
______________ divided the empire into East and West.
Who is Diocletian?
Each ______________ of the empire was ruled by a _______________ who was appointed by the senate
provine
governor
_______________ sat in the emperor's box, ________________ sat in the front row, _________________ sat in the average seats, and _______________ sat in the back rows.
what is the emperor?
What are senators?
What are men/regular citizens?
What are women/ slaves?
_________________ originally rejected Jesus but eventually spread the word through his _____________ aka letters that were sent to Mediterranean cities/ made Christianity an organized religion.
Who was Saul/Paul?
What are the Epistles?
Explain the relationship between the economy and the military.
Stronger military = expansion = more trading partners. Weak military = less expansion = less trading partners.
The last emperor of Rome.
Who was Romulus Augustus?