Section 1
What is the definition of aqueduct?
a channel that moves water over land
What is the definition of mosaic?
a design formed with small tiles of glass, stone, or pottery.
What is the definition of resurrection?
coming back to life
What is the definition of a parable?
story with a moral
What is the definition of barbarians?
the word Greeks and Romans
used for people who did not share their
cultures
What is the definition of Pax Romana?
the Roman Peace, a long period of peace and prosperity
What is the definition of oratory?
the art of giving speeches
What is the definition of martyr?
people who die for their beliefs
What is the definition of denomination?
religious group within
a larger religion
What is the definition of inflation?
a general rise in the cost of goods
a building material made by mixing small stones and sand with limestone, clay, and water
concrete
languages that developed from Latin
Romance languages
ritual cleansing by plunging into
water
Baptism
according to Christian beliefs,
three forms of God: God the father, Jesus
the Son, and the Holy Spirit
trinity
soldier who fights for pay
rather than for his or her country
Mercenary
officially declare to be a god
deify
work of literature that makes fun of
its subject
Satire
a heartfelt change in one’s
opinions or beliefs
conversion
first four books of the New
Testament that describe the life of Jesus
Gospels
traditional or established
religious beliefs
orthodoxy
culture that included Greek and Roman elements emerged in the Roman empire
Greco-Roman
men who fought one another as part of a public entertainment
Gladiators
slow and painful Roman method
of execution in which the victim was nailed or
tied to a large cross and left to hang until dead
crucifixion
collection of holy writings,
or scripture, created by early Christians
New Testament