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.