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History 8
From A beka
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Pontius Pilate | the Roman governor of Palestine who authorized the crucifixion of Christ |
| 1) 40 days 2) over 500 | 1) the length of time Christ remained on earth after the resurrection 2) the number of eyewitnesses who saw Christ after the resurrection |
| the gospel | the good news of salvation, atonement for sin through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ |
| Christians | the name by which followers of Christ became known |
| Gentiles | the name for non-Jews |
| Peter Paul | names of two prominent Christian Jews who carried the gospel to the Gentiles |
| Claudian Emperors | four descendants of Caesar Augustus who ruled from A.D. 14 to 68 |
| Flavian Emperors | Vespasian and his descendants who ruled from A.D. 69 to 96 |
| Tiberius | the emperor who ruled during the time of Christ's crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension |
| Caligula | the insane emperor who was murdered by his bodyguards |
| Claudius | the emperor who ordered the occupation of Britain and expelled all Jews from Rome |
| Nero | the first emperor to persecute Christians |
| A.D. 64 | the date that over half of Rome was destroyed by a fire which Nero was rumored to have started, and which he blamed on the Christians |
| Vespasian Titus | two Flavian emperors who did not persecute Christians |
| Titus | the emperor when Vesuvius erupted |
| A.D. 70 | the date Titus captured Jerusalem and destroyed the Temple |
| Mount Vesuvius | a volcano that erupted in A.D. 79 and buried the city of Pompeii |
| Pompeii | The southern Italian city buried by Mount Vesuvius |
| Domitian | Flavian emperor who demanded to be worshiped as a god |
| The Roman Empire tolerated differing religious views as long as people recognized the emperor as god. Christians acknowledged only one true God. | the reason Rome could not tolerate Christianity |