People
Destroyed Jerusalem
Titus
Emperor when Christ was crucified
Tiberius
Term used for the burial grounds established by Christians in order to avoid being cremated.
catacombs
First persecutor of Christianity
Nero
Historian - wrote Annals and Germania
Tacitus
Who was the Roman governor Jesus was presented to?
Pontius Pilate
First emperor of Rome
Octavian
Period of Peace
Pax Romana
Most severe persecution of Christianity
Diocletian
Works were banned by Augustus - wrote Metamorphoses
Ovid
Roman Empire was divided for the final time
Theodosius I
Stoic philosopher and emperor - wrote Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
Term the Romans used to call anyone outside of the empire who did not share in Greek or Roman cultures.
Barbarians
Legalized Christianity
Constantine
Aeneid
Virgil
Leader of the Visigoths
Alaric
These emperors introduced reforms which delayed the fall of Rome for two centuries.
Diocletian and Constantine
Roman engineering accomplishment which supplied water to cities
Aqueduct
Why was persecution of the Christians started in the first place?
Christians refused to worship the emperor
Poet of the Augustan Age
Horace
Jewish historian
Josephus
Under which emperor was the Roman government a monarchy disguised as a republic?
Octavian
Practice of withdrawing from all worldly cares and possessions and practicing strict discipline and religious exercises.
Monasticism
At this meeting Christ's deity was confirmed as well as the doctrine of the Trinity.
Council of Nicaea
Medical writer
Galen