Term | Definition |
Persecute | Punish or treat cruelly |
Saul | Did not like Christians- changed when saw light from Heaven |
Conversion | Change from religion to another |
Sect | Group of people |
Romans tolerence | Romans tolerated other religions in the empire |
Jews and Christians | Worshiped one god and did not follow the Roman gods |
Jews | Lived by the law of God |
Romans and religion | Made sacrifices to their gods |
New Testament | Written after Jesus died 50AD for Christianity |
Jesus | Had Jewish disciples and was son of God |
Gentiles | Anyone who was not Jewish |
Peter | Gets a vision to preach Gentiles and converts and Roman soldier |
Paul | Made long journeys to convert people to Christianity-easy because a citizen and spoke their language |
Nero | Fires swept through Rome-blamed on Christians |
Chritians | Did not attend public events-gave things to poor-did not join army |
Christian churches | Held in private- held in Greek- leaders called bishops |
Christian cerimonies | Lords Supper and Babtism |
Regular Christians | Payed taxes- were not legal in empire- obeyed Roman law- were mostly ignored |
Pliny | Governor of Asia Minor and wanted to give Christians a chance |
Decius | Ordered that all Romans worship and sacrifice to the gods- Christians refused and were killed |
Martyr | People who would rather die than give up their religion |
Diocletian | Killed many Christians- lost their jobs, houses, family's |
312 | Constantine became emperor and ended Christians deaths |
Constantine | Gave money to the church and had Romans follow whoever they want |
Church and state | Got more power and did not pay taxes and could change an emperors decision |
Excommunication | Being banned from church until one repents for actions |
Pagans | People who were not Christians or Jews |
Marcus Aurelius | Popular leader until he died |
Struggle | After Severus Alexander died it ended the dynasties- prices were raised |
Diocletian reign | Edict on prices-he made the prices and no one could change them; increased the size of army and government; divided into two regions; called himself master |
Religion of the empire | Became Christianity had good empire and military |
Constantinople | Became capital of Roman empire |
Split Empire | Eastern side had Constantinople- Western side had Rome |
Visigoths | Lead by Alec conquered Rome- settled in Eastern empire killed Emperor Valens and his army |
Barbarians | People from beyond the Roman frontier- eventually took over Western empire |
Barbarians overran | Britain, Gaul, North Africa, Spain |
476 AD | Fall of Rome |
Germanic Chief Odoacer | Forced last emperor out of Western side |
Eastern during barbarians | Stayed in tact for thousand more years and Constantinople withstood attacks |
Christians | Became stronger- many tribes became Christian- were blamed for problems |
St. Augustine | Wrote City of God 22 volumes took 13 years because pagans were blaming Christians |
Geography fall | Shaped like donut took lots of soldiers to go and help army |
Economic decline fall | Army and government kept growing and could not pay for everything |
Growth of government fall | Officials became greedy and too many people o support and too much money and soldiers wasted |
Decline in the work force fall | High slave death rate and in soldiers |
Lack of technology fall | Little machinery and few workers |
Military defeat fall | Roman army no longer strong enough |
Europe fall | 500 year fall- no trade- no education |
Monasteries | Centers of learning around the church containing school and libraries |