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How is Roman art different from Greek art?
More realistic Greek sculptors idealized the human form, using athletes as models of perfection. Romans created more realistic portraits
Constructed by the Romans to carry water from reservoirs in the country to the cities
Aqueducts These canal-like stone structures that tunneled through mountains and spanned valleys
Pictures formed of chips of coloured stone that made up the floors in homes of the wealthy
Mosaics
Name this building
The Colosseum
Roof formed by rounded arches
Dome
What was different about the coins in Palestine from the coins in the rest of the Empire?
The face of the Emperor was not imprinted on the coins Hebrew Law forbade Jews to worship images.
As a result of a Jewish uprising in Jerusalem against the foreign rule, Rome abolished the Jewish state in this year
70 C.E. Rome abolished the Jewish state which had existed since ancient times.
The belief of many gods
Polytheism Monotheism – belief in one God
A person who dies or endures suffering for their beliefs
Martyr
The official policy of religious tolerance in the Roman Empire
Edict of Milan In 313 C.E. Emperor Constantine declared that the Roman Empire would be neutral with regard to religious worship and officially removed all obstacles to the practice of religions
Small farmers who gave their land to wealthy nobles in exchange for protection
Coloni
A time of extended peace in the Roman Empire
Pax Romana The Pax Romana ended after the death of Marcus Aurelius in 180 AD
Emperors took this action to raise money for the treasury
Devalued the coin Gold coins were replaced with copper coins with only a thin layer of gold thus these coins were worth less
The Emperor that decided that Rome should no longer be the capital
Constantine Constantine announced that the capital was moving Rome to Byzantium in 324 CE. The name of the city was changed to Constantinople (“City of Constantine”) and it became the capital of the Roman Empire in 330 CE.
The Roman Emperor who was known as the “Reformer”
Diocletian
He wrote History of Rome and his goal was to glorify Rome and its achievements
Livy “I do honestly believe that no country has ever been greater or purer than ours or richer in good citizens and noble deeds”
The author of the 37 volume Natural History
Pliny the Elder
Physician whose medical encyclopedia was used in Europe until the 1400s
Galen
This astronomer claimed that the earth was at the centre of the universe and that the sun and planets revolved around it
Ptolemy His theories were not disproved until the 1500s
Emperor during the “Golden Era” of the Roman Empire
Marcus Aurelius
A saviour chosen by God
Messiah Christians believe that Jesus is the messiah that the Jews are waiting for
Fierce Nomadic tribe from Central Asia who attacked German tribes of Eastern Europe
The Huns
King of Italy in 476 CE (after he captured Rome)
Odoacer
Created from a mixture of lime and earth
Concrete
A short sword used by gladiators
Gladius