Chapter 5: Rome and the Rise of Christianity

Labor shortage

A(n) ________ created by plague (an epidemic disease) affected both military recruiting and the economy.

gladiator Spartacus

Led by the ________, the revolt broke out in southern Italy and involved seventy thousand slaves.

Marcus Aurelius

________, the last of the five good emperors, died in A.D. 180.

Roman

________ boys learned reading and writing, moral principles and family values, law, and physical training to prepare them to be soldiers.

western emperor

In 476, the ________, Romulus Augustulus, was deposed by the Germanic head of the army.

Caesar

________ marched on Rome, starting a civil war between his forces and those of Pompey and his allies.

Jesus

________ believed that his mission was to complete the salvation that God had promised to Israel throughout its history.

Diocletian

At the end of the third and the beginning of the fourth centuries, the Roman Empire gained a new lease on life through the efforts of two emperors, ________ and Constantine.

Pax Romana

The ________ lasted for almost a hundred years.

Italy

The Greeks came to ________ in large numbers during the age of Greek colonization (750- 550 B.C .)

Augustus

________ maintained a standing army of 28 legions, or about 150, 000 men.

Great landowners

The patricians were ________, who became Romes ruling class.

ern Italy

The son of a small landholder in north- ________ near Mantua, he (Virgil) welcomed the rule of Augustus and wrote his greatest work, the Aeneid, in honor of Rome.

Hannibal

________ entered Spain, moved east, and crossed the Alps with an army of about 46, 000 men, a large number of horses, and 37 battle elephants.

Triumvirate

A(n) ________ is a government by three people with equal power.

Christian communities

He (Paul) founded ________ throughout Asia Minor and along the shores of the Aegean Sea.

second centuries BC

During the third and ________, the Romans adopted many features of the Greek style of art.

Asia

The Huns, who came from ________, moved into eastern Europe and put pressure on the Germanic Visigoths.

Constantine

________ began his reign in 306, and by 324 he had emerged as the sole ruler of the empire.

Dictator

A(n) ________ is an absolute ruler.

fourth century

In the ________, Christianity prospered as never before when Constantine became the first Christian emperor.

Peter

________ was recognized as the leader of the apostles.

Crassus

________ was known as the richest man in Rome.

spread of Roman

Cities were important in the ________ cul- ture, Roman law, and the Latin language.

Antony

________ allied himself with the Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII.

Christianity

________ began as a movement within Judaism.

Slavery

________ was common throughout the ancient world.

Augustus

________ stabilized the frontiers of the Roman Empire, conquering many new areas.

Trajan

________ extended Roman rule into Dacia (modern Romania), Mesopotamia, and the Sinai Peninsula.