Roman Religion
The belief in many gods
Polytheism
The belief in only one god
Monotheism
Roman roads and control of the seas helped this religion spread
Christianity
Food shortage(lack of food), disease, civil war, and inflation led to the decline (weakening) of this Empire.
Rome
The new capital of the Byzantine Empire was in?
Constantinople
A term for any religion outside of Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
Paganism
A Jewish spiritual leader whom Christians believe to be the son of God.
Jesus of Nazareth
He helped spread Christianity throughout Rome including converting gentiles (non Jews)
Paul of Tarsus (St. Paul)
He split the empire into two because it was too big
Emperor Diocletian
The name of Constantine's top general
Belisarius
The head god of the Roman Pantheon
Jupiter
Jesus of Nazareths message of peace and love appealed to many people but especially this social class...
The poor (lower classes)
These two languages helped Christianity spread through the Roman Empire
Greek and Latin
This Germanic people took advantage of the imperial crisis and invaded Rome
Goths (Germans)
Justinian and Theodora rewrote Roman law into a simplified version called?
The Justinian Code
These were sacrificed to gain favor with the gods
animals
The Romans executed Jesus of Nazareth by this method
Crucifixion
This Emperor converted to (changed to) Christianity and made Christianity legal throughout the Roman Empire
Constantine I
A period of constant civil war that included 42 Emperors in 50 years
The Imperial Crisis
These people finally captured Constantinople from the Byzantines in 1453
The Turks
A dualistic religion that believes in the fight between light and dark
Manichaeism
Christianity shares many of the same beliefs with this other monotheistic/abrahamic religion...
Judaism
This Emperor made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire
Theodosius
This Emperor was captured and kept as a personal slave of the Persian King
Valerian
The formal name/title of the Russian Emperor
Czar (Tsar)