ROME:
Christianity, Achievements, and Decline
Origins of Christianity
Ø Had its roots in __________________
Ø Was lead by ___________ of ____________ who was proclaimed the ____________
Ø Messiah: ___________
Ø ______________: belief in ________God
Ø Jesus is both the __________ and ___________________ (human form) of God
Ø __________ after ___________
Ø The New Testament of The Bible
Ø Contains accounts of the _______ and the _____________ of __________ as well as the ___________ of ____________ Christians
Spread of Christianity
Ø Carried by the ___________, including ________, throughout the _____________
Persecution
Ø Early Christians were ________________ by the Romans for refusing to worship the Roman Gods
Ø __________: Someone who ________ for their ________
Church Councils
Ø Christian ____________was established by early __________ councils
Ø Doctrine: __________
Ø The First Council of _____________
Emperor Constantine
Ø ____________ and ____________ Christianity
Ø 1st _________________________ to do so
Ø Later _________________ became the ____________ religion of the Roman ________
Impact of the Church in the Late Roman Empire
Ø As the Roman _________________ in the West, the _________ in Rome ________ in importance, membership, and _____________.
Ø The church became an example of ________ authority
Ø __________ to the ____________ became more important than loyalty to the _____________.
Ø The ___________ became the main ___________force in Western ___________.
Diaspora
Ø ______________ of the _______
Ø Jews were __________ from Israel by the ___________ in AD 132. They migrated to places all around the Mediterranean Sea
Decline of the Roman Empire
Ø __oral _________
Ø __rmy _____________
Ø __ivision of ____________
Ø __olitical ___________
Ø __nvasions
Ø __conomic problems
Ø ________________
Barbarian Invaders
Ø Barbarians: ________________
Ø ____________ tribes repeatedly _____________ along the northern _____________.
Army Membership
Ø To defend against increasing threats, Rome hired _____________ (foreign soldiers who fought for money).
Ø __________ started to include ____________
Ø _______________ and _____________ collapsed.
Division of the Empire
Ø Rome was ___________ into ___________ and _____________ portions
Ø ______________ moved the _____________ from Rome to ____________ (He also ended persecution of Christians)
Invasions
Ø From 376 to 476 Germanic and _____________________ poured into the _____________ portion of the Roman Empire.
Economic Problems
Ø The high cost of defending its ______________ caused the Empire to raise __________ and mint ________ with less _____________.
Ø With Roman money worth less(___________________), prices _________ (inflation).
Ø Small farmers abandoned their lands causing ___________ shortages.
Political Problems
Ø ___________________: politician- _______________ fought each other for power
Ø __________________________: _______________ were unable to handle problems faced by the empire. They were often _________and _________________. Many were ___________________.
Moral Decay
Ø Conditions in the later centuries made Romans ________ their __________________.
Ø The people lost faith in Rome and the ____________
Western Empire Falls
Ø The Western Roman Empire ceased to exist in _______ AD when ____________ invaders _____________ the last Roman ______________.
Byzantine Empire
Ø The _____________ Roman Empire _______________ and later became known as the __________________ Empire
Roman Achievements
Ø Roads
Ø _____________ Rome to all parts of the Empire
Ø Were built to __________ (some are still in use today)
Arches and Aqueducts
Ø Arches were used as _____________ in addition to _____________ buildings, bridges, and aqueducts
Ø Aqueducts were designed to bring ___________ from the ______________ to the __________.
The Forum
Ø Means open space or ________________
Ø The political and economic _________ of Rome.
Pantheon
Ø __________ temple dedicated to the Roman _________
Ø Similar to Thomas Jefferson’s _______________
Roman Coliseum
Ø ______________ which held 50,000
Ø Mock battles, _______________contests, and other bloody spectacles were seen here
Roman Baths
Ø Romans swam, exercised, gambled, gossiped, and played ________ in addition to bathing.
Ø Both rich and _________ could afford to go often.
Public Health
Ø _________ water for drinking and bathing
Ø _________ systems to remove human waste
Ø ___________Schools
The Aeneid By Virgil
Ø Written in __________ of _______ and Roman virtues
Ø Modeled after the ___________ Epics of ___________
Ptolemy
Ø Created the first world __________ with longitude and latitude.
Ø Designed an ______________, geocentric (wrong) model of the universe that was held as truth for 1400 years.
Latin and the Romance languages
Ø Latin: The ___________---of Rome, the Roman Catholic ___________, and ____________ in Western Europe.
Ø Romance languages: _____________ derived from Latin: ___________, French, ____________, and Portuguese.
Reflection
• The Christian religion was spread throughout the Roman Empire by
A. Abraham.
B. Paul.
C. Muhammad.
D. Caesar.
• Constantine relocated the capital of Rome to Constantinople. The previous name of this city was
A. Carthage.
B. Gaul.
C. Nazareth.
D. Byzantium.