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The first official Roman persecution of Christianity began under the emperor _____.
Who is Emperor Nero?
100
In what year did the Roman Empire fall?
476 AD
100
What city was destroyed, yet preserved, by a volcanic eruption?
What is Pompeii?
100
Jesus was born in the Roman province of _______.
What is Judea?
100
Who was the father of Commodus and Lucilla?
Who is Marcus Aurelius?
200
What culture greatly influenced Roman culture?
Who are the Greeks?
200
Who killed Marcus Aurelius?
Who is Commodus?
200
What is the chief goal or desire of the Epicureans?
What is to seek happiness by avoiding fear and pain?
200
Where in the city of Rome was the gospel often first preached?
What are the synagogues?
200
Did the persecution of the Christians strengthened or weakened the Church?
Persecution severely weakened the church and caused it to shrink.
300
Under whose leadership did the Huns invade Roman territory?
Who is Attila?
300
Cicero, Livy, Horace, and Seneca: who was the philosopher who saw Stoicism as the solution to Rome's moral decline? (DOUBLE JEOPARDY-600 points)
Who is Seneca?
300
What institution or group of people actually maintained order, peace, and stability during the Pax Romana?
Who is the Roman Army?
300
When a Roman poet wrote that "conquered Greece took captive her rude conqueror", he meant that ____.
Roman culture was based on Greek culture.
300
The persecution of the Christians began because _____.
Christians refused to worship the emperor.
400
Who did the Romans begin to worship as the "greatest priest"?
Who is the Emperor?
400
Cleopatra, Pompey, Hannibal, and Sulla: who was a ruler of Egypt?
Who is Cleopatra?
400
In AD 313, Christianity was declared legal by the _____. (DOUBLE JEOPARDY-800 points)
What is the Edict of Milan?
400
After the death of Julius Caesar, Rome was ruled by _____ and _____.
Who is Antony and Octavian?
400
Which literary figure was also a leading politician, scholar, lawyer, master of Latin prose, and one of the greatest speakers of his day?
Who is Cicero?
500
What was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire?
What is Constantinople?
500
The Romans are properly regarded as having made valuable contributions to law because they _____. (TRIPLE JEOPARDY-1500 points)
Sought basic principles as a foundation for their legal system.
500
Augustus' greatest failure in the attempt to restore order and stability in Rome was his attempt to ______. (TRIPLE JEOPARDY-1500 points)
What is the reformation of morals?
500
Who decreed Christianity to be the official religion of the Roman Empire? (DOUBLE JEOPARDY-1000 points)
Who is Theodosius I?
500
When Octavian returned to Rome after winning the third civil, what type of government did he say he was restoring? (DOUBLE JEOPARDY-1000 points)
What is a Republic?