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Rome & Christianity
Vocabulary for Chapter 11
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A philosopher. He wanted Romans to work together to make Rome better. | Cicero |
| Roman general,ally of Caesar but later the two went to war. | Pompey |
| Roman general, he was one of the greatest military leaders in history. Named Rome's dictator for life. | Julius Caesar |
| Roman general,he fought against Octavian after the death of Caesar. | Marc Anthony |
| Caesar's adopted son. He was Rome's first emperor. | Agustus |
| Roman peace | Pax Romana |
| A raised channel used to carry water from mountains into cities. | aqueduct |
| Italian, French, Portuguese, and Romanian for example. | Romance languages |
| A legal system based on a written code of laws. | Civil Law |
| A religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. | Christianity |
| Christianity is based on his life and teachings | Jesus of Nazareth |
| In Judaism ,a new leader that would appear among the Jews and restore the greatness of Israel. | Messiah |
| A type of excecution in which a person is nailed to a cross. | crucifixion |
| Christians refer to Jesus's rise from the dead as this. | Resurrection |
| 12 disciples whom Jesus chose to receive special training. | Apostles |
| He traveled throughout Rome spreading Christian teachings. | Paul of Tarsus |
| Roman emperor, he was the first emperor to become Christian. | Constantine |
| Roman emperor that divided the empire and ruled the eastern half. He had a co-emperor to rule the west. | Diocletian |
| Leader of the Huns, he led invasions into the Roman Empire. | Attila |
| The decay of people's value. | corruption |
| Productive and not wasteful | efficient |
| An emperor who reunited the old Roman Empire. He simplified Roman law into a code named after him. | Justinian |
| Justinian's smart and powerful wife. She helped him rule the empire. | Theodora |
| The society that developed in the Eastern Roman Empire. | Byzantine Empire |