Places
The city destroyed by a volcanic eruption during the reign of Titus
What is Pompeii
These people's greatest accomplishment was writing
What is Patrician
These people directly caused the fall of the Western Roman Empire
Who are Germans
The Roman emperor who was the first to persecute Christians
Who is Nero
The name given to Israel's founding fathers, Abraham, Issac and Jacob
What are The Patriarchs
This river's name means "that makes fruitful"
What is Euphrates
What is Israel
This new capital, built on the old city of Byzantium, became the new capital of the Roman Empire
The term given to non-Jews
What is Gentile
The French scholar who deciphered the Rosetta Stone
Who is Champollion
Where the first Christian Church was located
What is Jerusalem
When Israel divided, the Southern Kingdom was called this
What is Judah
This political body because the most powerful in the early Roman Republic
The Senate
The theory that states that Christ made Peter the head of the Catholic Church
What is the Petrine Theory
The Roman emperor during Jesus's crucifixion, resurrection and ascension
Who is Tiberius
The Persian ruler who built the Royal Road
Who is Darius
Where Octavian defeated Antony's fleet
What is Actium
The most important thing these people carried on their trading ventures was the alphabet
What is Phoenicians
The Carthaginian general that led a force of men, horses and elephants across the Alps into Italy
Who is Hannibal
The law that God established to protect the sanctity of human life.
What is capital punishment
Who is Trajan
The pharaoh who brought Egypt to its greatest extent
Who is Thutmose III
The mountain pass where the Spartans tried to block the Persian advance during the Greco-Persian War
What is Thermopylae
People who invaded Belshazzar's Chaldean Kingdom
What is Medes
The early inhabitants of Italy who built the first cities
The most common form of the Greek language
What is koine
Under this Roman emperor the Pax Romana was established
Who is Caesar Augustus
Ruler who united Mesopotamia
Who is Hammurabi