Fall of Rome 1
This group of people, at the top of Roman Society and Government, were counted on to provide law, order and stability, but instead often engaged in corrupt activities.
Who are politicians?
A person who dies for their faith or something else they believe in strongly
What is a martyr?
This disease led to the death of 10% of the Roman Population
What is the Antonine Plague?
The Emperor, whose conversion to Christianity marked a major victory for Christianity in Rome.
Who is Constantine?
This group within the Roman Military served as the personal bodyguard to the emperor, but also often engaged in corruption of their own.
What is the Praetorian Guard?
The place where early Christians were sometimes fed to lions, or executed in other gruesome ways.
What is the Coliseum?
A person who doesn't speak Latin; these people were often feared by the Romans
What is a Barbarian?
This landmark law, passed by Constantine, made Christianity a legal religion in the Roman Empire.
What is the Edict of Milan?
This Emperor famously built himself a mansion made of gold after the Great Fire of Rome, instead of rebuilding the city.
Who is Emperor Nero?
The Event that sparked a wave of Christian Persecution by Emperor Nero
What is the Great Fire of Rome?
The problem that the Barbarians posed for the Roman Empire.
What are invasions?
These writings, written during Roman Persecutions, led to an increase in Christian recruitment due to the inspiring stories of the bravery of the martyrs.
What are the Gospels?
What was the effect of Barbarian invasions on the Roman food supply?
The affect the Antonine Plague had on Christianity
What is improving its popularity?
The Barbarian Leader that Sacked Rome in 410 CE
Who is Alaric?
This Christian Martyr, would become the first Pope.
Who is St. Peter?
The reason that Roman Religion got less popular during the Antonine Plague
People believed that Rome had "earned" the good and bad things that happened to their society through how they acted. Thus, they believed that the plague was a sign from the heavens that the Roman Religion was failing them/ not functioning properly anymore.
The Religious Council, convened by Constantine, that led to a formal declaration of Christian views and a famous prayer still used by Christian todays.
What is the Council of Nicaea?
The effect that the Sack of Rome had on the Roman Empire
What is showing weakness to the rest of the world and other barbarians, death of a lot of citizens, weakening of military even further
This Emperor persecuted Christians after the Great Fire
Who is Nero?