The Roman Empire – Flashcards
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Consuls
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Chief magistrates of the ancient Roman Republic; now an official appointed by his government to live in a foreign city.
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Patrician
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Person of noble birth; aristocrat
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Plebeian
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Having to do with common people
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Tribunes
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Officials of ancient Rome, now any government official appointed to defend people and their rights.
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Aqueduct
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A artificial channel or large pipe for transporting water over long distances.
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Anarchy
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Disorder and confusion. Absence of government and law.
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Mercenary
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A soldier that serves in a foreign army for pay
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Abbot
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A monk who is chosen as head of a monastery
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Arianism
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Heresy named after Arius, a Greek priest who taught that Christ was not eternally God with the Father.
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Diocese
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Originally, a Roman district. In the middle ages, a district ruled by a bishop.
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Heretic
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A person who holds beliefs contrary to church doctrines
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Hermit
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A person that goes away from other people, and lives alone, often for religious reasons.
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Metropolitan
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Archbishop who presides over a church province
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Patriarch
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Highest ranking bishop in the Eastern or early Roman Catholic Church.
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Regular clergy
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Monks or religious men who followed a rule and took vows.
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Secular clergy
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Priests, bishops, and other church officials who were not bound by either a rule or by vows.
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See
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District under bishop's authority
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The three historical divisions of the Roman history are:
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Empire, Pre-Republic, and Republic
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Two brothers who, according to legend, are responsible for the founding of Rome were:
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Romulus and Remus
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The lifestyle of ancient Romans centered around the:
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family
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Romans practiced __________, meaning that a man married only one woman.
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monogamy
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The Twelve Tables were a written set of:
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Laws
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The number of Punic Wars was:
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three
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Rome's adversary in the Punic Wars was:
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Cartage
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Latifundia were:
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large estates
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Before he became dictator of Rome, Julius Caesar was a famous:
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soldier
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Caesar was killed because of his belief in:
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perpetual dictatorship
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Rome borrowed much of its architecture from:
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Greece
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Circuses and bloody games were held in the Roman:
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Colosseum
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The work of the Senate was held in the ___________ in Rome.
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Forum
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Romans learned to carry huge amounts of water by building:
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aqueducts
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What two men ruled Rome after Julius Caesar's death?
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Octavian and Mark Antony
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Mark Antony married Cleopatra, who was the queen of:
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Egypt
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At the height of trade in the empire, materials were imported from:
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China and India
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Pax Romana refers to an extraordinary ___________ years of peace for Rome.
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200
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____________ murderer; accused of setting fire to Rome. _________ insane _________ defeated Antony and Cleopatra _________ scholar, philosopher, and soldier _________ built a defensive wall in Britain
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Nero Caligula Octavian Marcus Aurelius Hadrian
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Why was Nero so famous?
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He murdered many people He was accused of burning Rome in A.D. 64 He persecuted Christians
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Three conditions which led to a decline in the empire after A.D. 180 were:
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leadership dispute, decline in trade hurt the economy, and mercenaries hired
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Literature in Rome declined after the death of the emperor:
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Augustus
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The original basis of most legal systems today is Roman law.
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True
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Mercenaries are soldiers who fight for:
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money
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French, Italian, and Spanish languages and many English words are based upon the _________ language.
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Latin
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Diocletian tried to restore the economy with:
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taxation and price controls
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The most significant event of the Roman period was the birth, life, and death of Jesus Christ.
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False
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Not much has been written about the boyhood of Jesus.
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True
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Jesus was betrayed by Judas Iscariot, one of his own disciples.
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True
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Jesus was crucified by the Roman officials against the will of the people themselves.
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False
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Saul was an enthusiastic Christian from the beginning of his life; and his faith never wavered.
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False
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Paul took the gospel as far as Greece and Rome.
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True
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The gospel is a true account of historical events.
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True
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Inadequate trade routes and poor highway systems made it difficult for early Christians to spread the gospel.
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False
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Rome's attitude toward Christians up to the time of Nero was:
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tolerance
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After the Nicene Creed, people began to believe that Jesus was the son of God.
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True
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_____________ A.D. 313 _____________ St. Jerome _____________ heresy denying Christ's divinity _____________ father of Christian monasticism _____________ accused Christians of burning Rome
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Edict of Milan the Vulgate Arianism Anthony of Egypt Nero
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The decline of the Roman Empire contributed to the expansion of Christianity.
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True
