Which religion is being described? It had its roots in Judaism Jesus is both the Son and incarnation of God. Life after death New Testament Islam Christianity Zoroastrianism

Who Spread Christianity throughout the Roman Empire? Asoka and his missionaries St. Cyril and St. Methodius C. the Apostles, including Paul

Why were the early Christians persecuted? They led a rebellion against the Empire They tried to free the slaves They refused to worship the Roman Gods

Christian doctrine was established by early church patriarchs popes councils The First Council of Nicaea

As the Roman Empire declined in the West, the influence and membership of the Christian Church grew stayed the same

The scattering of the Jews after being exiled from Israel by the Romans is called the Diaspora Torah Big shake-up By the end of the first century BCE, Rome had taken over the eastern Mediterranean and the Jewish population was spread through many cities of the east. In the third and fourth centuries CE there were substantial Jewish settlements in most major eastern cities and many western provinces as well.   By the end of the first century BCE, Rome had taken over the eastern Mediterranean and the Jewish population was spread through many cities of the east. In the third and fourth centuries CE there were substantial Jewish

All of the following are causes for the decline of the Roman Empire EXCEPT? MAD PIE A. Moral decay B. Army discipline C. Division of empire D. Political problems E. Invasions F. Economic growth

Germanic invaders poured into the ___ part of the Empire Eastern Southeastern Western

Which Roman emperor adopted and legalized Christianity and move the capital of the Roman Empire to the East? Caligula Constantine Augustus

The eastern part of the Roman Empire survived and became known as the Islamic Empire Spanish Empire Byzantine Empire

These well-engineered structures helped trade flow smoothly throughout the Roman Empire. Domes Minarets Roads

Romans used these curved structures as memorials in addition to supporting buildings, bridges, and aqueducts columns arches domes

Romans designed these to bring water from the mountains to the cities. aqueducts pails aquariums

The political and economic heart of Rome was the Town Center Forum Gaul The Forum (a Latin word meaning open space or market place) was the administrative and corporate heart of Rome. Generally this word referred to the open space in any Roman town where business, judicial, civic, or religious activities were conducted. A typical forum might be surrounded by temples, shops, and basilicas (large, covered structures used for various meetings). In Rome, there were several forums. The most famous, the Roman Forum, was designed by the architect Vitruvius who felt the proportions needed to be 3:2 (length to width). For centuries, the Roman Forum was the site of the city's most important public buildings including the Arch of Septimius Severus, built in 203 B.C. and the Rostra or public speaking platforms. The reliefs on the triple arch represented many of Rome's victories over oriental tribes and the Rostra was decorated with prows of warships captured during battles. The Roman Forum became the spectacular showcase of the Empire filled with beautiful statues and architecture. Eventually, the Roman Forum proved too small for Rome's ever growing public activities. Consequently, the first Imperial Forum was built in 54 B.C. by Caesar. Most subsequent emperors built their own forums including Nerva, Vespasian, and Trajan, who built the largest which covered an area of 25 acres.

What is the name of the building pictured? Colosseum Parthenon Pantheon

What is the name of the building pictured? Colosseum Dome of the Rock Pantheon Other forms of enjoyment in Roman society involved death and destruction. The main attraction for many Romans was the "games" in the Colosseum, a huge outdoor theater. Gladiators were slaves or former soldiers who fought in the Colosseum and in other arenas, against other people or against animals. These "games" were often fatal to the participants. In the end, the civilization of ancient Rome is known for several things: the hugeness of the Empire; the success of the well-trained armies; the massive, impressive structures and construction, such as roads, aqueducts, baths, the Forum, and temples; the struggle with and then embracement of Christianity; the spreading of Roman writing, laws, trade practices and ideals and, especially, of Greek ideals to the rest of the known world; the terrible tragedies of slavery and conquest on which the civilization was ultimately based; the dramatic way in which the Empire collapsed, serving as an example for generations afterward. 

Which religion is being described? It had its roots in Judaism Jesus is both the Son and incarnation of God. Life after death New Testament Islam Christianity Zoroastrianism

Who Spread Christianity throughout the Roman Empire? Asoka and his missionaries St. Cyril and St. Methodius C. the Apostles, including Paul

Why were the early Christians persecuted? They led a rebellion against the Empire They tried to free the slaves They refused to worship the Roman Gods

Christian doctrine was established by early church patriarchs popes councils The First Council of Nicaea

As the Roman Empire declined in the West, the influence and membership of the Christian Church grew stayed the same

Diaspora Torah Big shake-up The scattering of the Jews after being exiled from Israel by the Romans is called the Diaspora Torah Big shake-up By the end of the first century BCE, Rome had taken over the eastern Mediterranean and the Jewish population was spread through many cities of the east. In the third and fourth centuries CE there were substantial Jewish settlements in most major eastern cities and many western provinces as well.   By the end of the first century BCE, Rome had taken over the eastern Mediterranean and the Jewish population was spread through many cities of the east. In the third and fourth centuries CE there were substantial Jewish

All of the following are causes for the decline of the Roman Empire EXCEPT? MAD PIE A. Moral decay B. Army discipline C. Division of empire D. Political problems E. Invasions F. Economic growth

Germanic invaders poured into the ___ part of the Empire Eastern Southeastern Western

Which Roman emperor adopted and legalized Christianity and move the capital of the Roman Empire to the East? Caligula Constantine Augustus

The eastern part of the Roman Empire survived and became known as the Islamic Empire Spanish Empire Byzantine Empire

These well-engineered structures helped trade flow smoothly throughout the Roman Empire. Domes Minarets Roads

Romans used these curved structures as memorials in addition to supporting buildings, bridges, and aqueducts columns arches domes

Romans designed these to bring water from the mountains to the cities. aqueducts pails aquariums

The political and economic heart of Rome was the Town Center Forum Gaul The Forum (a Latin word meaning open space or market place) was the administrative and corporate heart of Rome. Generally this word referred to the open space in any Roman town where business, judicial, civic, or religious activities were conducted. A typical forum might be surrounded by temples, shops, and basilicas (large, covered structures used for various meetings). In Rome, there were several forums. The most famous, the Roman Forum, was designed by the architect Vitruvius who felt the proportions needed to be 3:2 (length to width). For centuries, the Roman Forum was the site of the city's most important public buildings including the Arch of Septimius Severus, built in 203 B.C. and the Rostra or public speaking platforms. The reliefs on the triple arch represented many of Rome's victories over oriental tribes and the Rostra was decorated with prows of warships captured during battles. The Roman Forum became the spectacular showcase of the Empire filled with beautiful statues and architecture. Eventually, the Roman Forum proved too small for Rome's ever growing public activities. Consequently, the first Imperial Forum was built in 54 B.C. by Caesar. Most subsequent emperors built their own forums including Nerva, Vespasian, and Trajan, who built the largest which covered an area of 25 acres.

What is the name of the building pictured? Colosseum Parthenon Pantheon

What is the name of the building pictured? Colosseum Dome of the Rock Pantheon Other forms of enjoyment in Roman society involved death and destruction. The main attraction for many Romans was the "games" in the Colosseum, a huge outdoor theater. Gladiators were slaves or former soldiers who fought in the Colosseum and in other arenas, against other people or against animals. These "games" were often fatal to the participants. In the end, the civilization of ancient Rome is known for several things: the hugeness of the Empire; the success of the well-trained armies; the massive, impressive structures and construction, such as roads, aqueducts, baths, the Forum, and temples; the struggle with and then embracement of Christianity; the spreading of Roman writing, laws, trade practices and ideals and, especially, of Greek ideals to the rest of the known world; the terrible tragedies of slavery and conquest on which the civilization was ultimately based; the dramatic way in which the Empire collapsed, serving as an example for generations afterward. 

“The Aeneid” was written by the Roman poet Homer B. Virgil C. Sophocles The Aeneid, by Virgil, is an epic written in early Rome.  The story deals with the journey of a hero, Aeneas, to a new country.  The diversity of the characters in the Aeneid are the driving force of the plot. These characters must overcome conflicts through out the story.  The Aeneid contains five major themes in which Virgil presents the story.  The Aeneid can only be properly studied when read in context with the historical and cultural aspects of the time period.  There was a distinct social structure,  political structure ,  and  economic structure  in ancient Rome. 

Who designed an Earth-centered, (wrong) model of the universe that was held as truth for 1400 years. Ptolemy Phidias Plato Following (three centuries later!) the line of thought of Hipparchus, Ptolemy rejected the opinion of Aristarchus that the sun was the center of our cosmos (the heleocentric theory).  Ptolemy "demonstrated" what appeared to be the much more logical (and ancient) view that the earth is the center of the cosmos (the geocentric theory) and that all heavenly bodies rotate around the earth as the epicenter of the universe.  In order to get his theory to work, he (and others after him) had to add a large number of secondary explanations (following Hipparchus' use of eccentrics and epicycles) of the peculiar movement of heavenly bodies around the earth in order to get them to fit his theory. That Ptolemy could place Earth at the center of the universe and still predict the planets’ positions adequately was a testament to his ability as a mathematician. That he could do so while maintaining the Greek belief that the heavens were perfect—and thus that each planet moved along a circular orbit at a constant speed—is nothing short of remarkable. Charts have aided mariners ever since the Alexandrian astronomer Ptolemy created the first world atlas in the second century A.D. The redoubtable Ptolemy even plotted latitude and longitude lines on his atlas's 27 maps, though the farther one got from the known world centered on the Mediterranean, the dangerously less reliable they became. From at least the time of Ptolemy in the 2nd century AD, man believed that the Earth was at the center of the universe.  In the 15th century, Copernicus brought us closer to the truth, moving the Sun to the center of the universe.