Ancient Rome

Term for kill, destroy or remove large percentage or part of something also known as killing one in every ten of a group as a punishment for the whole group

Decimate

Rome was originally a BLANK

City-state

Name of the two twins who built Rome?

Romulus and Remus

The traditional date 509 BC was teh?

Founding of the Roman Repubic

Rome gradually conquered?

Greece

Who were gladiators?

Slaves that were forced to fight for entertainment

Who was the famous gladiator that escaped and started a 2 year rebellion because they trusted pirates, but were later crucified?

Spartacus

What was the name of the 2 year rebellion

Third Servile War

Who was the structure that gladiators fought in?

Colosseum

What was the term for the naval battles?

Naumachia

What were the four aspects of the Roman republic?

1. Senate (membership based on status of wealth)

2. Consuls (can veto each other)

3. Tribune of the plebs (can veto consuls)

4. The 12 tables

What did Julius Caesar wanted to be elected as?

Consul

Who was in the 1st Triumvirate?

Caesar, Crassus, Pompey

Each motivation for the 1st triumvirate

Caesar- need money to run campaign

Crassus- richest man in Rome

Pompey- military expert

What was the sign that you were declaring war on Rome?

Crossing the rubicon- started the civil war between Caesar and Pompey

Famous words of Caesar?

The die is cast

Who did Julius Caesar have an affair with?

Cleopatra- Caesarian “little Caesar”

When did Caesar enter the senate and is killed

March 14 44 BC

1st Roman emperor?

Augustus

Who formed the 2nd triumvirate?

Antony, Octavian, Lepidus

Who won the battle of Actium?

Octavian

Term for prince?

Princeps

What was the Roman boundary? Modern day England and Scotland border

Hadrian’s wall

What tree was chopped down? Famous site

Sycamore tree

Way to defend Rome?

Milecastle

Vindolanda famous for?

Wooden tablets

Vindolanda was a Roman auxiliary fort just south of Hadrian's Wall in northern England, which it pre-dated.

Roman province?

Judaea

Tablet said?

Tiberius and pontius pilatus

What was the crisis of the 3rd century?

6 men emperors each murdered, silver content went down, less values, 26 emperors in 50 years

Who ended the crisis of the 3rd centruy?

Diocletian

What was the three ways Diocletian revived Rome?

1. Tetrarchy

2. Price edict

3. The great persecution of Christians

Which emperor had a vision of the cross leading him to convert to Christ Katy and fight in the name of Christ during his battle and winning?

Constantine

What was the Edict of Milan?

Allowed Christians

What meeting wanted to dissolve the argument of Arianism and Nicene?

Council of Nicene

What did Aries and Arianism believe?

Father was greater and the son Jesus was lesser

Nicene Creed

We believe in the Father almighty, maker of all things, visible and invisible

Term for the Father and Son both have and will exist?

Coeternal

Who slapped Nicholas of Myra (st nic)

Arius