The Roman Empire
What was the colosseum mostly used for?
What is gladiatorial matches
Who was the emperor who moved the capital from Rome to Turkey?
Constantine
What languages are derived from Latin? Name Two.
What is Spanish and Italian
definition of deify
What is officially declare a person to be a god
Definition of baptism
what is ritual cleansing by plunging into water
What was the Site of Encounter?
What is A place where people exchange ideas and culture.
What was concrete made from?
What is small stones, sand, and water
Modern Historians called the society formed in the Eastern Roman Empire...
The Byzatine Empire
definition of Pax Romana
What is period of stability in the Roman empire
definition of crucifixion
what is Roman method of execution, nailing to a wooden cross
What was the main reason that the Romans wished to build good roads?
What is so soldiers could travel more quickly
Which are factors that contributed to the decline of the Roman empire? Name 2
What is depopulation from epidemics and frequent Civil Wars
What was the Circus Maximus?
What was Location of the chariot races
definition of aqueduct
what is channel that moves water over a long distance
definition of conversion
what is change in one’s beliefs or opinions
What was the time of peace and prosperity in Rome that began with the rule of Augustus?
What is the Pax Romana
Why was most Roman trade conducted by sea, rather than by land?
What was Sea trade was safer, faster, and cheaper.
The Roman Emperor who ruled in the 200s and thought that the empire was getting too big for one person to rule, so he divided the empire in half...the west and the east.
Who was Diocletian
definition of succession
What is one person or thing following another
definition of parable
what is story with a religious moral
What are some of the core beliefs that most Christians share? Name 2
What is Jesus was God in human form and God the Father created the universe.
Which of the following rituals or practices do many Christians follow? Name 2
What is Holy Communion and resting on Sundays
In what way did early Roman sculpture differ from ancient Greek sculpture?
What was Roman sculpture was more realistic.
definition of resurrection
what is coming back to life
definition of epistle
What is formal letter