The Roman Republic
What type of government was established in Rome in 509 BCE where citizens elect leaders to represent them?
What is a Republic
What 200-year period of peace and stability across the Mediterranean began under Emperor Augustus
What is the Pax Romana.
What major city, protected by water on three sides and a huge wall on the fourth, served as the capital of the Byzantine Empire?
What is Constantinople
In what town in Galilee did Jesus grow up before beginning to preach at around age 30?
Nazareth
In the early Church hierarchy, what title was given to the top five leaders in major cities like Rome and Constantinople?
Patriarchs
What was the name of the wealthy, land-owning aristocrats who held all initial political power in early Rome?
Patricians
What economic condition occurs when money loses value and prices rise rapidly?
What is Inflation.
Meaning "Holy Wisdom," what massive cathedral built by Justinian featured a 180-foot dome.
Hagia Sophia
What term describes the simple stories using everyday events (such as the Good Samaritan) that Jesus used to teach moral lessons[19][20]?
Parables
What term refers to official church teachings agreed upon at leader councils?
Doctrine
In Rome's tripartite government, who were the two top officials chosen each year to command the army and manage the government?
Consuls
Which emperor divided the Roman Empire into four administrative parts and issued a Price Edict to limit food costs?
Who is Emperor Diocletian.
Who was the legal scholar appointed by Justinian to organize and simplify the empire's chaotic laws
Tribonian
What ancient Jewish mountaintop fortress held out for almost two years against 15,000 Roman soldiers before its defenders took their own lives in 73 C.E.?
Masada
What word describes people who broke into churches to destroy religious art during the icon controversy in 726 C.E.?
Iconoclasts
What officials were elected specifically to protect the rights of Plebeians and veto unfair laws?
Tribunes
In 330 C.E., which emperor moved the Roman capital to the eastern city of Byzantium?
Who is Emperor Constantine
Which Empress persuaded Justinian to stay and fight during the Nika Riot of 532 C.E.?
Empress Theodora
Which apostle was a Roman citizen who converted after seeing a light on the road to Damascus and wrote many letters that became part of the New Testament?
Paul of Tarsus
In what year did the Pope and Patriarch excommunicate each other, creating a permanent split between Catholic and Orthodox churches?
1054 C.E.
What was the name of Rome's first written legal code, carved onto bronze tablets in 451 BCE?
What is the Twelve Tables.
Which Germanic general overthrew the 14-year-old emperor Romulus Augustulus in 476 C.E., marking the fall of Western Rome?
Who is Odoacer
What catastrophic event killed millions of citizens and army personnel in the mid-500s C.E., crippling Byzantine military expansion?
Justinian's Plague
What Christian teaching describes the three persons of God: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit?
The Trinity
Which influential early Christian scholar wrote the book The City of God?
Augustine