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History Test

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