Miscellaneous
________, meaning interpretation of a literary text.
HERMENEUTIC
What is the political division called?
What is the meaning of:
BC, AD, BCE, CE
Before Christ, Anno Domini, Before Common Era, Common Era
What is Virtus? How does it relate to Dignitas?
Manly courage and self sacrifice for Rome. Virtus, wealth and power are all signs of Dignitas.
What are the priests called in Zoroastrianism
Magi
Writing system used on the Cyrus Cylinder
Cuneiform
Greek culture is all about _________? Give examples
Competition. The Iliad, The Gods, fighting over timē, the Peloponnesian War.
What year is the founding of the Roman Republic?
510 BCE
Why did the Roman senate declare the Greek Gods as Roman Gods in 217BCE?
Because what is beneficial for Rome became Roman.
What language are they writing in?
Sanskrit
What is Scapulimancy?
The writing system for divination in the Shang Dynasty
What is Timē and how can you get it?
Manly honor: wealth, brith status, family, skill, courage, strength, and accolades
What change does the rulership of Octavian Augustus have upon Rome?
He marks the end of the Roman Republic and the beginning of the Roman Empire.
What is the main difference in rulership between the Republic versus the Pricipate?
Republic, Rome is ruled by the senate, who elects consuls.
Principate, the Princeps is the ruler (consul, imperator, first vote, head of armed forces, and chief priest).
Zoroastrianism is a _________ religion.
Dualist
Define Syncretism
The tendency for two cultures nearby to resemble one another
Put the following Greek philospers in chronological order:
Plato, Aristotle, Socrates
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle.
Put the following in the correct order:
Principate, Dominate, Republic
Who deifies the emperors, including Julius Caesar?
Octavian Augustus Caesar makes Julius Caesar a god and then claims his own divinity through association.
What does the Cyrus Cylinder tell us about the Persian view of religions?
They are localized, the gods live in the temple.
Who is the group that coordinated and designed Head Smashed-in Buffalo jump?
The Piikiani
What is Hellenization and in part it can be credited to these two rulers from Macedonia.
The spread of Greek culture and ideas.
Philip II and Alexander the Great
What year did Athanasius give a “canonical” New Testament?
In 367 CE Athanasius gave the first canonical new testament
What are some reasons Romans were against Early Christianity?
Jesus of Nazareth was poor, and he was crucified as a criminal. Both of which were antithetical to Roman culture.
It was divided into different provinces called Satraps. Which kept local governments in place.