lesson 52
Modern day city where the ruins of Sopianae are located.
Pecs, Hungary
The sea that lies between the Balkan and Italian Peninsulas
Adriatic sea
The god that Diocletian claimed he was related to
Jupiter
Constantine changed the name of the city of Byzantium to this
Constantinople
Capital city of the Kingdom of Aksum
Aksum
The word that means city of the dead
Necropolis
This is where Spalatum got it's name and why
From the shrub Calicotome Spinosa that grows in the area
The mythical figure that Diocletian claimed Maximian was descended from
Made pagan worship illegal in Roman Empire in 391
Emperor Theodosius I
Taught King Ezana about Jesus
Frumentius
The buildings at Sopianae were decorated with this
Frescoes
This climate of the Marjan Peninsula
humind, subtropical climate with hot summers and mild,wet winters
Constantine grew up in this person's palace
Diocletian
The place where the Kingdom of Aksum is located today
Northern Ethiopia
The port that was the major trading center of Aksum
Port of Adulis
A type of painting that uses watercolor paint in wet plaster.
fresco
Major geographic feature of Marjan Hill
dense mediterranean pine forest
Constantine gave credit to __________ for his victory at Milvian Bridge
God
These two places combined formed the Land of Cush that the Old Testament refers to
modern Sudan and modern Ethiopia
Stone obelisks were also known as this
Stelae
Christians chose to express their faith through the art in tombs in Sopianae for these reasons:
1. Christianity was illegal
2. it was the only acceptable way for them to express their faith through art at that time
The tribal people group that Diocletian was a part of
Illyrians
What pronouncement declared that Christians would no longer be persecuted and Christianity was accepted in the Roman Empire
Edict of Milan
This is why people erected stone obelisks
as memorial markers