Key Terms
Wealthy landowners that became Rome’s ruling class
Patricians
The Greek poet Homer wrote 2 epic poems, the Iliad and
Odyssey
Food, drink and personal belongings were placed in a person’s tomb to provide what in the afterlife
Comfort
A person (usually a slave) who fought and killed in one of Rome’s public programs
Gladiator
Christianity became a religious movement within this religion
Judaism
Christian church leaders in Rome were called this
Clergy
Spartan men stayed in the military until the age of
60
Everyday Greeks could not afford to eat this
Meat
Rome is famous for this infrastructure that carried water into the cities
Aqueduct
The capital of western Rome after it was split by the emperor Constantine
Rome
A government ruled by the rich
Oligarchy
This happened to farmers in Athens when they could not pay their debts
Sold into slavery
The goddess that protected the city-state of Athens
Athena
The time (year) Indo-European people first settled in Italy
1500 BC
The followers of Jesus were called
Apostles
A long poem that tells the tales of a hero
Epic poem
The time (year) the “dark age” begin in Ancient Greece?
1100 BC
Greece’s first doctors
Temple priests
The population during Rome’s early empire
50 million
The time (century) that the persecution of Christians begin to diminish in Rome
2nd century
In Rome, regular church members were called
Laity
A political figure during the classical Greece period
Pericles
Greek citizens practiced sports, bathed and discussed philosophy here
Public gymnasium
The law based on reason that applied to citizens and noncitizens of Rome
Law of Nations
This ruler made Christianity the official religion of Rome
Theodosius the Great