Early Empire
The first "emperor" of Rome, who won the Battle of Actium.
Who was Augustus Caesar?
Battle in which Constantine defeated Licinius to gain the Eastern portion of the tetrarchy.
What was the Battle of Chrysopolis?
A Galilean rabbi who was crucified by the Roman procurate Pontius Pilate, and founded Christianity.
Who was Jesus?
A philosophy in which one must only concern themselves with what they can control, especially their emotions, actions, and reactions, and not that which is caused by nature or others.
What is Stoicism?
Roman emperor who succeeded Augustus, but was largely disliked and retreated to his own personal island.
Who was Tiberius?
The emperor who converted to Christianity.
Who was Constantine the Great?
An early Christian heresy that denied the divinity of Jesus, and was denounced at the Council of Nicaea?
What was Arianism?
What is Rabbinic Judaism?
Emperor who found the Flavian dynasty after winning the civil wars in the Year of the Four Emperors, and destroyed the Jewish Temple in 70 AD.
Who was Vespasian?
The two senior positions of the tetrarchy formed by Diocletian.
What were the Augusti and Ceasares?
The meeting that declared Gentiles did not have to follow Jewish purity laws, such as circumcision, to convert to Christianity.
What was the Council of Jerusalem?
The time from Jesus' ascension to the death of the Apostle John, which saw the rapid expansion of Christianity and the writing of the New Testament.
What was the Apostolic Age?
Emperor who was unpopular with the people and shifted blame for the Great Fire of Rome onto Christians.
Who was Nero?
The historical name of the Eastern Roman Empire following the collapse of the Western Roman Empire. It would be conquered by the Ottomans in 1453.
What was the Byzantine Empire?
An early Christian heresy that emphasized the importance of secret, selective spiritual knowledge.
What was Gnosticism?
Dynasty that ended with Nero.
What was the Julio-Claudian Dynasty?
Emperor who brought Rome to its greatest extent.
Who was Trajan?
The leader who conquered the Western Roman Empire.
Who was Odoacer?
The law that made Christianity the state religion of the Roman Empire.
What was the Edict of Thessalonica?
The "religion" in which one would worship the current Roman emperor, of which many Christians were forced to participate.
What was the Roman Imperial Cult?