Rome
The working class in Rome
What is a Plebian?
Rome formed this kind of government.
What is a Republic?
Wealthy landowning class
What is a patrician?
He marched his men across the Alps on elephants to fight the Romans.
Who is Hannibal?
Anointed One, savior
Messiah
document which declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral with regard to religious worship, officially ending all government-sanctioned persecution especially of Christianity.
What is the Edict of Milan?
The first Roman laws that were written down or codified
What are the Twelve Tables
Elected by the Senators, their responsibility was supervise government business and command armies.
Who are the 2 consuls?
the Roman penalty for rebels and traitors
What is Crucifixion?
basic unit made-up of 5,000 men
What is a Legion
Founder of Christianity
Who was Jesus?
Emperor who saw a sign in the sky and heard a voice that commanded in this sign conquer and then claimed he won the battle with the support of the Christian God. Gave freedoms back to Christians.
Who is Constantine?
ancient Roman law forbade any general from crossing this river. To do so was treason.
What is the Rubicon River
Three equal ruling leaders
What is a triumvirate?
The place were the government meant to discuss issues
What is the Forum?
This war resulted in Rome defeating its enemy and Sicily became a Roman province
What is the First Punic War?
Acknowledged Jesus was a Martyr, but could not accept him being on the same level as God.
Who were the Jews?
Two reasons Christians were persecuted
Christians refusal to worship other gods including emperor, which was perceived as a threat to the prosperity of the Empire, which was equivalent to treason.
Thought to be cannibals-communion-body and blood of Christ
Massive Roman military units
What are legions?
served primarily as judges in law courts
Who are Praetors?
This is the position created for the Plebeians to have their own representatives government.
What is a tribune?
This city-state battled Rome during the Punic Wars
What is Carthage?
The people/group responsible for Julius Caesar's death
Who were Brutus, Cassius and other senetors?
2 fun Facts about ya boy Nero
1. Was a psychopath/sociopath. 2. Came into power because of mother. 3. Tried twice to have said mother killed. 4. Thought by historians to have started the Great fire. 5. Blamed Christians for the Great fire of Rome. 6. would randomly kill people on the street, 7. was dancing, singing, playing the lyre (fiddle) as Rome burned to the ground, 8. Nero was the Caesar to whom Paul appealed, 9. Nero was the first Roman official to persecute Christians. 10. had Christians sewn up in skins of wild beasts and thrown to the dogs. 11. Known to have Christians dressed in shirts made stiff with wax, fixed to axletrees, and set on fire in his gardens, in order to illuminate them.
3 Things the Romans invented/are credited for
Roadway system, aqueducts, architecture, innocent until proven guilty; accused allowed to face accuser and offer a defense; judges interpret laws; republic; system of checks and balances; three branches of government (executive-emperor, consuls, dictator; legislative-bicameral houses; judicial-courts); Julian calendar, Roman numerals, Latin- it serves as the foundation for all Romance languages (French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Catalan), literature (the Aeneid), art (frescoes, mosaics)
This written code was displayed, so judges couldn't make decisions based on secret laws
What are the Twelve Tables?
The system in government, so no one group has power over the other
What are checks and balances?
Carthage felt "salty" after this war
What is the 3rd Punic War?
Emperor responsible for the postage system and Pax Romana
Who is Augustus?
3 Ways Christians were persecuted
What is: executed in the arenas, mauled and eaten by lions, Skinned-hung upside down so blood rushes to head, Human torches, Ground in mills, Dragged, Arrow practice, sewn up in skins of wild beasts and thrown to the dogs, boiled in water, boiled in oil...