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roman empire
Question | Answer |
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______or rulers of an empire would govern rome | emperors |
who ruled from 27 b.c to his death in a.d 14 | augustus |
roman called this period the roman peace or | pax romana |
who became emperor in a.d. 37 | caligula |
who followed followed caligulaand was a better ruler | claudius |
unfortunaltly for rome the emperor who followed claudius was | nero |
perhaps the greatest of these emperors was | marcus aurelius |
the most famous roman arena is the | colosseum |
the most popular events involved_________or professional fighters most of whom were prisoners or slaves | gladiators |
undergrounds burial rooms were part of a new religion that was spreading throughout the empire that religion was | christianity |
who is jesus | a jewish man born in judah part of a larger geographical region called palestine at that time |
most of what we now about jesus life comes from four books in the part of the bible known as | new teatament |
these four books are called | gospels |
jewish places or worship are called | synagogues |
jesus gathered a small group of followers who were known as | disiples |
jesus chose 12 of these diciples to help him preach these 12 disiples were known as | apostoles |
this strenghtened the belief amoung his followers that jesus was the | messiah |
at first many christians were _______ for there beliefs | persecuted |
what emperor made christianity equal to all other religions | constantine |
what emperor made christianity romes offical religion | theodosius |
who fought as a gladiator in the arena and he identified himself with hercules and in this marbel busthe sports the mythical heros lionskin and club | commodus |
who created the tetrachy the system by which four men ruled the roman world | dioletian |
at first the city was called new rome but iit soon became known as | constantinople |
which church was located in the east | byzantine orthodox church |
which church was located in the west | roman catholic church |