Roman Christianity
Decline and Fall of Rome
Byzantine Empire
Legacy of Rome
Potpurri
100
Slaves and women were the types of people that this new religion attracted-because they were allowed to participate in the religious practices and were not judged by their spot in the social ladder.
What was Christianity?
100
This huge wall marked the northern border of the Roman Empire.
What was Hadrian’s Wall?
100
This most famous church came at a time when Justinian rebuilt Constantinople-the name of the church means “Holy Wisdom.”
What was Hagia Sophia?
100
This was originally a Greek Philosophy that stressed the importance of Virtue, duty and endurance.
What was Stoicism?
100
This term refers to an important means of persuasion for Roman politicians, the art of public speaking, and Cicero was a great master of it.
What is oratory?
200
This momentous date was the year the Romans destroyed the Jewish temple after putting down the revolt of Masada...
What was AD 70?
200
Higher taxes and a decline in agriculture were these types of problems that began to surface in the Roman Empire.
What were economic problems?
200
This branch of Christianity developed in the Eastern Roman Empire, with one part of the title meaning “holding established beliefs.”
What is the Eastern Orthodox Church?
200
This art form places small pieces of glass, tile, or colored pieces of stone to create a picture.
What is mosaic?
300
A. These people were Non-Jewish people and they joined the Christian movement.
What were the Gentiles?
300
This nomadic group invaded Rome from the south.
Who were the Germanics?
300
1054
What was the year the Christian Church split in two?
300
These stressed the importance of fairness and common sense, while they also promoted equal treatment and the presumption of innocence for those accuse of a crime.
What were Roman Laws stressed and principals they promoted?
300
This author modeled the Aeneid from the two Greek Adventures the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Who was Virgil?
400
. A cross with the words “In this sign you will conquer” was the sign Constantine saw and resulted in his conversion.
What was the sign Constantine saw.
400
This emperor divided the Roman Empire into East and West and he did this in what year?
Who was Diocletian and in 285. AD
400
This legal code was based on Roman law, Emperor Justinian developed it, dropping outdated laws and rewrote others to make them clearer. They included laws on marriage, slavery, property women’s rights and criminal justice.
What is The Justinian Code?
400
These were a system of tunnels, pipes and bridges that carried water into Roman towns.
What were aqueducts?
400
This Empress was married the Justinian came from humble beginnings. She was a former actress, who became Justinian’s wife and urged him to not give up the city. Later she helped pass laws that helped women, the poor and religious minorities.
Who was Empress Theodora?
500
A. The early Christian writers developed this, also known as a statement of belief.
What was the Creed?
500
For the ancient Romans, this term applied to anyone that lived outside the empire-it also can mean someone primitive and uncivilized.
What was a barbarian?
500
Although they spoke Greek, these people thought of themselves as part of the Roman cultural traditions. The students of these people studied Latin, Greek and Roman Lit. and History In this way, the East preserved the Greek and Roman cultures.
Who were the Byzantines?
500
Over time Latin evolved into a group of languages, that included the lands that the Romans once ruled. Those languages are known as the…
What are the Romance Languages?
500
These are the three major differences between the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church.
What are RC=* *Leader is pope who has the authority over the bishops. *Pope has authority over kings and Emperors. *Priests may not be married *Latin is used in services Eastern Ortho= *The leader called the patriarch and bishops run the church as a group. *Emperor has authority over officials of the church. *Local languages such as Greek and Russian may be used *Priests may marry.
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