People
I was crazy. I selected my favorite horse to be a member of the Roman senate. My very own bodyguards murdered me.
Crazy, Clydesdale-lovin,
CALIGULAAny guess as to how Diocletian’s reign came to an end?
He stepped down…and he convinced his co-leader to do the same.
True or False:
The testimonies of martyrs encouraged others to receive Christ.
TRUE
I was emperor during the time of Jesus’ crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension.
Tiberius
Are you serious, Tiberius? How could you even…No wonder you weren’t popular.
After Diocletian’s most severe of all persecution, did Christianity die?
Absolutely NOT!
It thrived! The number of Christians killed could not keep up with the number of people who chose to follow Christ rather than Caesar.
I falsely believed that I could harm Christianity the most by attacking its leaders
Valerian
I ruled from A.D. 98-117. I was one of the “five good emperors” and pushed the boundaries of the Roman Empire to its greatest extent.
I also had no problem killing entire families of Christians.
Trajan
In what year did a fire destroy over half of the city of Rome?
AD 64
I was Diocletians “co-emperor”. I ruled over West Roman Empire
Maximiam
I was the Roman governor who gave the Roman soldiers permission to crucify Christ.
Pontius Pilate
1. ________(this city) was destroyed by the eruption of _______(volcano)
Pompeii was destroyed by the eruption of M. Vesuvius.
I recognized that I could not run the empire alone. So I divided the empire into two main parts, the East and the West.
I took the East. I also began the MOST Severe persecution that Christianity had yet experienced)
Diocletian
(“Di” means two…so I guess it was meant to be). He divided in two, and he caused countless Christians to “die”)
I was the first Roman emperor to persecute Christians
Nero
*Nero gets a ZERO for being mean
About how many eyewitnesses were there to the resurrected Jesus?
About 500
I captured Jerusalem and destroyed the Temple in AD 70.
Titus