Julian the Apostate and Fall of Rome

The 1st Christian Roman emperor

Constantine

Son of Constantine that believed in Arianism?

Constantius

Which emperor had a beard, reverting to hte Greek look, wa s’more conservation and traditional toward the Greek/Roman gods?

Julian the Apostate

Term meaning to fall away or turn away

Apostate

What was Julian’s relation to Constantine?

Nephew

Julian’s job as a child in the church

Church lector (scripture reading)

Julian rejected BLANK age 20

Christianity

Julian promoted belief in the BLANK

Roman gods

Julian’s book

Against the Galileans (never uses the term Christin, derogatory and demeaning)

What edict passed by Julian granted religious freedom throughout the empire?

Edict of Toleration

What edict passed by Julian meant all teachers in the empire would be vetted for their “morality” in attempts to force Christian teachers to resign?

Edict on Schools

What did Julian try to rebuild?

The temple in Jerusalem

How did Julian die?

From a spear wound in battle days later- “thou hast conquered Galilean”

Which emperor made “Nicene” Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire?

Theodosius

He closed Roman temples and outlawed sacrifice to Roman gods- he had one son for the west and one for the east in his death

The fall of the Roman Empire was really what region?

The west

Why did Rome fall?

Barbara in invasions, economic decline, bad leadership, lead pipes, Christianity?

Who catalogued all the reasons for the Roman Empire fall? And how many?

Alexander Demandt

210 causes

What is the next era that began at the fall of the Roman Empire?

The Middle Ages