Transcript CHAPTER 6

CHAPTER 6
ANCIENT ROME AND
CHRISTIANITY
500B.C.-A.D. 500
Republic
 A form of government in which the power
rests with citizens who have the right to
vote for their leaders
Patricians
 Wealthy landowners who held the most
power
Plebeians
 The common farmers, artisans, and
merchants who made up the majority of
the population
Tribunes
 They protected the rights of the plebeians
from unfair acts of patrician officials
Twelve Tables
 An important victory for the plebeians
was to force the creation of a written
code called the ________ __________.
CONSUL
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Rome had 2 of these
Like a president
Elected for 2 years
Part of the executive branch in Rome
Senate
 The Legislative branch of the Roman
Government
Dictator
 A leader who has absolute power to rule
a country
Legion
 Large military units form Rome
Punic Wars
 War between Rome and Carthage
 There were 3
Hannibal
 Carthaginian general
 Began leading during the 2nd Punic War
Civil war
 A conflict between groups in the same
country
Julius Caesar
 He joined forces with Crassus, and
Pompey, and was elected consul in
59B.C.
triumvirate
 A group of 3 rulers
Augustus
 Means “exalted one”
Pax Romana
 “Roman Peace”
Jesus
 Born in Judea
 Started Christianity
Apostle
 Pupils of Jesus
Paul
 He had never met Jesus and at first was
an enemy of Jesus. While traveling to
Damascus, in Syria, he had a vision of
Christ. He spent the rest of his life
preaching for Jesus
DIASPORA
 The scattering of the Jews
Constantine
 This Rome Emperor prayed to God for
help
 He saw the image of the cross
 He ordered the symbol to be put on all of
this soldiers shields
 They won
Bishop
 Another name for a priest
Peter
 Jesus called him the “ROCK”
Inflation
 The drastic drop in the value of money
with a rise in prices
Mercenaries
 Foreign soldiers who fought for money
Diocletian
 He ruled Rome in A.D. 284
 He divided Rome into Greek speaking
east, and Latin Speaking west
 He ruled with an iron fist
Constantinople
 The city of the ruler of the west named
Constantine
 In WWI the Allies tried to capture this city
Attila
 Called ______ the Hun
 Led the Germanics on a reign of terror
throughout Rome
Greco-Roman Culture
 Mixing Greek, Roman, and Hellenistic
Culture
 Also called classical civilization
Virgil
 Poet who wrote the AENEID
Tacitus
 Wrote Annals and Histories
 He wrote about the good and bad of
imperial Rome
Aqueducts
 Designed to bring water into a city