11/18 quiz review

Emperors after Caesar

100

This Emperor hated Christians and was accused of "fiddling as Rome burned"

Nero

200

This Emperor oversaw the Roman Empire's greatest territorial extent and enlarged social welfare

Trajan

300

This Emperor oversaw persecution of Christians during Constantine's youth

Diocletian

400

This Emperor, who embraced Plato's ideas of the philosopher-king, saw Rome reach its wealthiest

Marcus Aurelius

500

This Emperor provided stability after the monstrous reign of Caligula, and organized construction of the famous Colosseum 

Vespasian

Roman culture and decline

100

Values such as virtue, duty and moderation are key to this Greek philosophy which many Romans embraced

Stoicism

200

This word refers to a person killed for his or her beliefs, such as the Christians whom the Romans fed to lions

Martyr

300

Later Romans viewed public service, especially in this type of office, as a burden rather than an honor, leading to a lack of patriotism

Politics/government

400

This word refers to soldiers who fight for money, rather than loyalty/patriotism/support for a cause; many later Roman soldiers were these

Mercenaries

500

This half of the Roman Empire became poorer and more isolated after Constantine moved a new capitol to Constantinople

Western Roman Empire

Huns, Vandals and Visigoths

100

This man was the most successful and infamous Hun leader

Atilla the Hun

200

The Visigoths settled in what is now this southern European country (hint: The modern-day country covering this territory has been very influential in the Americas)

Spain

300

How did Atilla's conquests cause many other Germanic tribes, including the Visigoths, to first enter Rome?

They came into Roman territory fleeing the Huns

400

The Visigoth king Recarred converted himself and his subjects to this faith

Catholicism

500

What action by the Visigoths demonstrated their respect for Christianity while sacking Rome?

Refusing to loot the churches

Britons, Angles, Constantine and Arianism

100

What power vacuum did the Angles fill when they came to modern-day Britain?

The Roman Empire leaving

200

Name the other two peoples whom Bede identifies as coming to Britain at the same time as the Angles

Saxons

Jutes

300

Constantine ended the persecution of Christians in this year

312 AD

400

Arius' teachings, which most modern Christians oppose, prompted this Council

Council of Nicea

500

How did Constantine split the Roman Empire in two?

Moving the capital to Constantinople

Potpourri

100

This Roman Emperor was the first Emperor to declare Rome a Christian empire in 380 AD (hint: It wasn't Constantine)

Theodosius

200

What Roman art style can be compared to building a puzzle (what with assembling smaller pieces into a larger artwork)?

Mosaics

300

The Roman numeral XXIII represents which Arabic Script number? (If you make a six-seven joke, you will be docked ten points on your quiz grade)

Twenty-three (23)

400

This Roman Emperor was notorious for cruelty and possible insanity, and once tried to make his favorite horse a Senator

Caligula

500

Upper-class Roman drank wine brewed from lead pipes in the empire's dying years, which is used as a symbol of the Empire's moral and intellectual decline.

Which of the stoic virtues mentioned in this class would that drinking habit violate?

Moderation