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Rome part 2
later emperors and enemies, art, architecture, writers
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Period of Roman empire from 235-280 AD | 3rd century crisis, imperial crisis |
| Emperor from 253-260 | Valerian |
| Emperor who ended the strife of the imperial crisis | Diocletian |
| Diocletian's plan to divide the empire | tetrarchy |
| rival emperor fought and defeated by Constantine leading his men under the cross of Christ | Maxentius |
| the name of the declaration of toleration of Christianity throughout the empire | Edict of Milan |
| year the edict of Milan was issued | 313 AD |
| emperor of the section of the empire containing Rome itself defeated by Constantine | Licinius |
| Battle in which Constantine defeats Licinius | Adrianople (not 378 battle of Adrianopolus) |
| year Constantine died | 337 AD |
| The council of 300 bishops meets to resolve controversies between the Arians and the Athanasians. | Council of Nicaea |
| Date of the Council of Nicaea | 325 AD |
| What was the controversy between the Arians and the Athanasians. | relationship between God and Christ |
| Which monk organizedd eastern monasticism and lay down its foundations which last until today | St. Basil |
| Which bishop of Hippo Regius in North Africa turned to Christianity from Neo-Platonism | St. Augustine |
| Two works written by Augustine | the Confessions, the City of God |
| Which emperor, in 361-363 AD, tried to suppress Christianity | Julian the Apostate |
| What did Julian the Apostate write? | Against the Christians, satires, letters |
| Which emperor became the last emperor of a united Roman empire in 392 | Flavius Theodocius |
| name for the eastern division of Goths | Ostrogoths |
| name for the western division of Goths | Visigoths |
| most important Ostrogoth ruler | Theodoric the Great |
| century in which Theodoric the Great ruled the Ostrogoths | 6th century AD |
| Visigoth leader who allied with Theodosius against the Huns | Alaric I |
| Mongolian tribe that invaded and conquered much of Southeastern Europe in 4th century AD | Huns |
| Which leader of which civilization was defeated at the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains | Atilla the Hun |
| strongest and most stable barbarian kingdom after the Western Roman Empire collapsed | the Franks |
| Frankish leader who drove the Gallic Visigoths into Spain and absorbed much of the Burgundian kingdom | Clovis |
| Frankish leader who was nicknamed “the hammer,” defeated Muslims at Battle of Tours in 732 A.D. | Charles Martel |
| son of Charles Martel, became king of the Franks | Pepin the Short (the 3rd) |
| Frankish leader who built up a capable bureaucracy, a fair judicial system, and revived the arts. he was also the ruler of a vast domain that was gained by his military exploits | Charlemagne |
| Day on which Charlemagne become the first Holy Roman Emperor | On Christmas day of the year AD 800 |
| who crowned Charlemagne? | Pope Leo III |
| Main palace built for Charlemagne | Aachen cathedral |
| The tribe of Jutland that migrated to the valley of the Odra (Oder) River about the 5th century BC, settled along the Danube River and arrived in Spain in 409 after crossing Rhine in 406 | Vandals |
| Which prominent church father died in died in the Vandal siege of Hippo | Augustine |
| origin of the Byzantine empire | eastern half of the divided Roman empire |
| Byzantine leader who reformed legal code, expanded imperial territory, and took over many of the Roman cities occupied by Germanic tribes | Justinian I |
| Justinian I's general | Belisarius |
| Which meeting gave emperor authority over church | Second Council of Constantinople |
| Year of the Second Council of Constantinople | 536 AD |
| center and most visible monument of Eastern Orthodoxy, captured by Turks and turned into a mosque | Hagia Sophia |
| two prominent features in Byzantine art | mosaics, icons |
| nature of Greek art | idealistic protrayal of youthful people |
| nature of Roman art | realistic portrayal of leaders |
| What artistic work praises the accomplishments of the Emperor Trajan? | Trajan's column |
| work representative of the 3rd century love of bloodshed, records great deeds of Marcus Aurelius | column of Marcus Aurelius |
| innovation in method of sculpture in the 3rd century | drill rather than the chisel |
| new interest revealed in 3rd century art through eyes looking upward and distored human shapes | concern for soul |
| 3 Roman innovations in architecture | arch, baked brick, cement/concrete |
| Pre-Roman technology of architecture leading to rectangular buildings | post and lintel |
| extension of Roman arch that led to a major Roman architectural feature | dome |
| the largest dome for 18 centures | Pantheon |
| dimensions of the dome of the Pantheon | 43 meters in diameter and from floor to top |
| Identify the writer who lived in the Greek town of Chaeronea, served as priest at the temple of Apollo at Delphi, and who hosted literary gatherings of influential people | Plutarch |
| collection of thoughts gathered from Plutarch's intellectual discussions | Moralia |
| Plutarch's major work | Parallel Lives |
| structure of Plutarch's Lives | pair a biography of a famous Roman with one of a Greek |
| Title of the work that was summaries which hit the highlights of the best stories and were written in Tuscan and other local dialects, circulated as popular literature | Epitomes |
| storytelling Roman historian who inspired painters, poets, and political leaders through the centuries | Livy |
| Poet of Rome's golden age, subsidized by Augustus, who used eloquent language to turn ordinary events into poetry | Horace |
| Name of Horace's most famous work | Odes |
| Poet who said, "I will not entirely die," he aptly wrote, "since my poetry will be a monument more lasting than bronze." | Horace |
| Golden Age poet who modelled his works on the great Greek epics | Virgil |
| wrote Ars Amatoria (Art of Love) was a handbook of sex and seduction for both men and women. | Ovid |
| Ovid's most famous work | Metamorphoses |
| content of Metamorphoses | Greek mythology |
| tutor of Nero and philosopher who wrote essays and moral letters | Seneca |
| writer of the Satyricon, which presented a portrait of conspicuous consumption in his description of the vulgar banquet of the wealthy freedman Trimalchio | Petronius |
| 20th century American writer who alludes to Trimalchio | Fitzgerald |
| book in which Fitzgerald alludes to Trimalchio | The Great Gatsby |
| satirist and social critic who used his wit to expose vulgarity | Juvenal |
| imperial librarian under Hadrian who wrote Lives of the 12 Caesars | Suetonius |
| Showed rhetorical skill, biting wit, and a bleak vision in his work covering the Julian emperors | Tacitus |
| Name of Tacitus's work on the Julian emperors | Annals |
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