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Moons, Roman Empire
Moons Roman Empire
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Relinquished | to retire from, give up |
| Uninterrupted | Having undisturbed continuity |
| Benevolent | Characterized by doing good |
| Proletariat | The property less class of Ancient Rome |
| Luxuriousness | Of a costly variety |
| Amphitheatre | An arena were contests are held |
| Anarchy | Absence of any form of political authority |
| Retrospect | A review, survey, or comtemplation of things in the past |
| Disintegration | Seperation into component parts |
| Abdicate | To relinquish power |
| Confiscation | To seize private property |
| Requisition | A formal, written request for something needed |
| Catastrophic | Extremely harmful |
| Octavian Caesar | Established empire, first emperor |
| Tiberius | Second emperor of Rome, suffered from paranoia, killed right-hand man |
| Caligula | Third emperor of Rome, wanted horse to be co-consel, "Caligula" means "small boots" |
| Claudius | Caligula was his nephew, was killed by his wife so her son, Nero, could be the emperor. He conquered England |
| Nero | 5th Emperor, set the Great Fire, eventually commited suicide, started persecutions of teh Christians |
| Vespasian | Brought prosperity, reformation for the army, and the Colosseum to the Roman citizens |
| Titus | Finished construction on the Colosseum, captured Jerusalem in 70 AD |
| Domitian | Completed the conquest of Britain |
| Trajan | Compassionate to the poor, had most land of any emperor |
| Hadrian | Built Hadrian's wall |
| Marcus Aurelius | Rome began to decline under his rule, most intelligent of emperors, was a stoic philosopher, ended Pax Romana |
| Commodus | Violent ruler, thought he was Hercules, re-built the city and named it after himself |
| Diocletian | Divided the empire into East and West, took the Eastern part b/c it was wealthier |
| Constantine | Halted persecution of Christians, was baptised on his deathbed |
| Theodosius | Prohibited Pagan practice, made Christianity the official religion of Rome |
| Pliny the Elder | Was a historian who died at Pompeii |
| Ptolemy | Believed that earth was the center of the universe |
| Galen | Was into botany, medicine, zoology, and wrote a medical encyclopedia |
| Poppus | wrote a book about five different machines |
| Diophantus | Greek mathematican who was first to write a book on Algebra |
| Livy | An early Roman historian who wrote about Roman heros |
| Virgil | Wrote the story of Aenus, Romulus, and Remus |
| Tacitus | Historian who wrote about the early empire |
| Plutarch | Greek write who wrote about famous Greek and Roman people |
| Horace | Roman lyric poet |
| Ovid | Poet who was known for his poems on love |
| Seneca | Philosopher and tutor of Nero |
| Peter | First biship of Rome |
| Jesus | Teacher whose teachings were the basis for Christianity |
| Gaiseric | King of the Vandals who sacked Rome |
| Attila | King of the Huns, was very feared by the Romans |
| Alaric | King of the Visigoths and conquered Rome in 410 AD |
| Odoacer | Got rid of Romulus Augustas, ending the Western Roman Empire to an end |
| Aetius | Defeated Attila the Hun |
| 27 BCE | Beginning of the Empire, Octavian, Pax Romana |
| 6 BCE | Year given for the birth of Christ |
| 30 AD | Year of Christ's crucifixion |
| 37 AD | Roman invasion and conquest of Britain |
| 64 AD | Great fire of Rome, start of the Christian persecutions |
| 66-70 AD | 1st Jewish Revolt |
| 70 AD | 2nd Jewish Temple destroyed |
| 73 AD | Destruction of Masada |
| 79 AD | Mt. Vesuivius erupts, destroys Pompeii and Herculanum |
| 117 AD | Height of the Roman Empire |
| 120 AD | The Pantheon is built |
| 122-130 AD | Hadrian's Wall is built in Britain |
| 135 AD | 2nd Jewish Revolt, start of the Diaspora |
| 193 AD | Creation of modern concrete |
| 212 AD | All free people within the Roman boundarys are given citizenship to Rome |
| 313 AD | Edict of Milan (Stopped the persecution of the Christians) |
| 330 AD | Constantinople is the capitol of the Roman Empire |
| 378 AD | Visigoths win the battle of Adrianople |
| 392 AD | Theodosius proclaims Christianity the official religion of Rome |
| 410 AD | Visigoths sack Rome |
| 425 AD | 1st University is established |
| 451 AD | Attila the Hun is defeated at the Battle of Chalons by Aetius |
| 455 AD | Vandals sack Rome |
| 476 AD | End of the Roman empire with Romulus Augustas |
| What was the Forum? | The public meeting place, had public buildings |
| Temples/Basilicas | They were places of worship |
| Public Baths | Self explanatory, public bathing areas |
| Aqueducts | Provided water for the sewer and public baths |
| olosseum/Ampitheatre | Places where competitions took place |
| Circus Maximus | Where chariot racing took place |
| Arches | Were meant to represent victory |
| What were columns for? | They represented victory |
| What did towns always have? | Paved roads, concrete, domes, archways, and most citizens lived in 5 story apartments |
| What was Pax Romana? | "Roman Peace" |
| How many people did Rome have at its height? | Over 1 million people |
| How many people were citizens in Rome? | Over 100 million people |
| How many soldiers did the army have? | About half a million |
| What did Octavian do for the Empire? | He: Cut the army almost in half, Gives land and money to soldiers when they retire, established the Praetorian Guard, made the Empire stable, and worked well with the senate |
| What is the Praetorian Guard? | They are the body guards of the emperor |
| What happened during Pax Romana? | It was generally peaceful, there were small battles but it did not disrupt economic freedom |
| What helped to unify the military and act as peace-keepers? | The roads; it made travel safer and easier |
| What land did Trajan conquer? | Britain, modern-day Romania, and Mesopotamia |
| What happened to the emperors due to the Jewish revolts? | In the 1st Century AD, some met violent deaths |
| How large was the empire at its height? | 2000 miles N to S, 3000 W to E |
| How many (estimated) miles of roads did the empire have? | About 47,000 miles |
| What was the passenger system like on the Roman roads? | In the 4th century AD, tickets were being sold for sleeping carriages, had 1st and 2nd class |
| What was the "grand tour" classified as? | Athens, Ephensus, Antioch, and then to the Nile |
| What was the Med. sea classified as to the Romans? | 'More Nostrum' - our sea |
| What product did the Romans love to get from the Chinese? | Silk |
| What happened that was negative during the Pax Romana? | The government became top-heavy, too powerful, but no one noticed |
| When did the Byzantium empire end? | 1453 AD |
| What land is given to the emperor? | Egypt |
| What does the emperor do with Egypt? | They use the money to retire troops and give them land |
| What, within the government, really caused problems later on? | No means to pick an emperor |
| How many people were in the line of Caesar? | 4 or 5 emperors, one of them being Octavian |
| What was the 3rd century AD classified as? | A period of anarchy |
| What were the main causes of the disrupt in the third century? | An undisciplined army and potentially negative ambitions of the emperors |
| What led to the murder of Commodus? | The 2nd Great Civil War |
| What did Septimius Severus do? | He benefitted the military, which made the government military based |
| How did all the Barrack emperors die? | Not naturally, by means of poison, suffocation, etc |
| What barbaric peoples were threatening Rome? | The Germans on the Rhine and Danube rivers |
| What happened to the currency of the empire? | It became less valuable due to inflation |
| Who was affected by the inflation? | The wealthy were affected because the mortgages they had on their houses were "swallowed" by the inflation |
| Who was affected MOST by the inflation during the 3rd century? | The government - their employees were not given more money, so what they were paid was worth less |
| What was the result of the government being negativly affected by inflation? | The employees resorted to corrupt means |
| What happened to farmers during the period of anarchy? | Many left the countryside and went to the city to loot or work for the wealthy |
| What happened when the farmers left the countryside? | There was severe famine |
| Which emperor helped to make the empire last longer than it should've? | Diocletian |
| What positions did Diocletion create for the empire? | 2 Augusti (east and west, equal to the emperor) and 2 Caesar (east and west, equal to the vice president) |
| What was the diocese? | It was created by Diocletian, was a median between provincial government and the entire empire government |
| What did Diocletian do to decrease the negative affects of inflation? | He froze prices within the empire |
| What happened to products that were being created during the period of anarchy? | They were being put together clumsily, quality decreased |
| What period does Mr. Moon believe that Rome should've fell but didn't? | The time of the Barrack emperors (200-235 AD) |
| How did the Barrack emperors get the power of being emperor? | They had the highest bid in most cases |
| During a __ year period, __ emperors DID NOT die naturally (fill in the blanks) | 36, 12 |
| What happenes to Valerian, one emperor, when he attempts to invade Parthia? | He is captured and used as a footstool for the leaders to get on their horses |
| What outbreak caused many deaths around the third century AD? | Malaria |
| What declined within the Roman empire? | Patriotism, discipline within the army, lack of devotion, and lack of political honesty |
| What is a tetrarchy? | A 4 person rule, started by Diocletian |
| Who was killed after the battle with Attila the Hun? | Aetius, one of the greatest Roman commanders |
| Barbarization | It is the opposite of civilization, no cities, writing, etc. |
| Conglomerations | bringing together a large mass of people |
| Diplomacy | Negotiaiting with other states, diplomatic |
| Homogenous | Same |
| Ascendancy | To rise up |
| Commodity | Useful for commercial advantage, can be used for benefit or profit |
| Testimony | Evidence in support of fact |
| What happened on August 9, 378? | The battle of Adrianople |
| Who was the Roman commander at the battle of Adrianople? | Valanse |
| How many men were lost at Adrianople? | About 25k |
| What happened to the army because of the battle of Adrianople? | Recruits were not being trained as well because many veterans died at Adrianople |
| What happened to manpower due to famines and epidemics? | There was a massive shortage |
| What happened to Rome when Christianity began to rise? | Rome became much more peace-oriented, and no one wanted to go to war |
| Who were hired as mercenaries? | German barbarians |
| Why was it hard to train the barbarian mercenaries? | The could not read or write and they spoke a different language |
| Which side stopped recruiting barbarians for mercenaries? | The east, they did not have as bad of a shortage of manpower |
| Besides barbarians, what 'group' of people were put into the army? | Slaves |
| What happened to citizens living farther away from Italy in places such as Mesopotamia or Gaul? | They did not have the loyalty towards Rome that was seen in previous centuries; stopped sending young men to war as willingly |
| What happened around 400 AD? | All the Roman legions were ordered back to defend Rome |
| Allowing defeated people to ________ helped bring the downfall of Rome | Live within Rome and not have to supply troops/money etc |
| What are federates? | Different groups of men in the army, either barbarians or a conglomation of similar ethnic backrounds |
| Whatwere bucevarrii? | Private armies with powerful generals |
| What were praepostiti? | Roman officials |
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