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What are ethics?
These people fought one another or wild animals for entertainment in the Roman arenas
What are gladiators?
What are mercenaries?
A narrow body of water that cuts through land, connecting two large bodies of water
What is a strait?
A holy image, usually a portrait of Jesus or a saint
What is an icon?
During this period of time in Roman history, no major wars threatened most of the people in the Roman Empire
What is the Pax Romana?
The art of giving speeches
What is oratory?
This group of warrior nomads from central Eurasia attached Rome, causing a decline in trade on the Silk roads
Who are the Huns?
Someone who tries to convert others to their religion
What is a missionary?
To treate some people differently or worse
What is discriminate?
Different religious groups; Christianity broke into many of these
What are denominations?
Though Latin is no longer a spoken language, it lives on through languages such as Spanish, French, and Portuguese, which developed from Latin
What are romance languages?
When this happens, the cost of goods rises
What is inflation?
This chemical mixture burns continuously, even in water
What is Greek fire?
These people opposed icons and destroyed them
What is blasphemy?
A place where people from different cultures meet and exchange products, idea, and technologies
What is a site of encounter?
Germans, Franks, Vandals, and Goths were known as this to the Romans
What are barbarians?
This alphabet of Slavic origin is based on the Greek language and used for Russian and Bulgarian
This code of law was published in 529 and brought great power and order to the Byzantine Empire
What is Justinian's Code?
These revolutionary Jews, such as Peter, resisted Roman occupation with force and wanted to fight back
Who are Zealots?
Culture that includes a blend of Greek and Roman elements
Traditiona, established, old-fashioned religious beliefs
What is orthodoxy?
Another name for the Eastern Roman Empire, whose namesake comes from the ancient Greek site of Byzantium
What is the Byzantine Empire?
This was the split between the Eastern and Western churches in 1054
What is the Great Schism?