World History Chapters 4 and 5 Review
Arias
Jupiter
Aqueducts
Mare Nostrum
Augustine
Nero
Barbarians
Octavian’s names/titles
Circus Maximus
Pater
Cleopatra
Patricians
Colosseum
Pax Romana, definition, dates, effects
Constantine
Plebians
Constantinople
Pompeii
Council of Nicaea
Pontius Pilate
Date of Julius Caesar’s assassination
Edict of Milan
Punic Wars (Essay Question) Detailed
knowledge. Who? Where? What
happened? Who won?
Consequences?
Fall of Rome, date
Reasons Christians were persecuted
Fasces
Senate
First Christian Martyr
Stoicism
Huns
Theodosius I
Judea
Virgil
Date Roman Republic was established
Julius Caesar’s successors
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Who was assassinated in 44B.C? Julius Caesar
Into which Roman province was Jesus born? Judea
What architectural structures carried water to Roman cities? Aqueducts
What’s a term for the common people of Rome? Plebians
What’s a term for the wealthy, elite of Rome? Patricians
What is the Latin word for “father?” Pater
What city was destroyed by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79AD? Pompeii
What is the Roman name for the Greek god Zeus? Jupiter
Who was the first Christian martyr? Stephen
What was the term Romans used to refer to people who were not of Greek or Roman culture?
Barbarians
Who was ruler of Egypt during the late 1st century B.C. and threatened Herod’s rule? Cleopatra
Who was the Roman governor who presided at the time of Christ’s crucifixion? Pilate
Who was emperor when Christ was born? Caesar Augustus/Octavian
How did the Romans refer to the Mediterranean Sea? Mare nostrum
What is considered the date of the fall of Rome? 476 AD
What is the time period of the Pax Romana? 31BC-180AD
Where did the Romans have their chariot races? Circus Maximus
Who wrote the City of God? Augustine
Who was a heretic who denied the deity of Christ? Arias
What arena was built under the emperor Titus in 80 A.D.? Colosseum
When was the Roman Republic established? 509 B.C.
Under which emperor did the first official persecution of Christians occur? Nero
Who is the Roman poet who wrote the origin story of Rome called The Aeneid? Virgil
Who were the barbarians that invaded much of Europe and even Italy from the east? Huns
Give 3 names/titles of Octavian. Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, Caesar, Princeps
What two men were co-rulers after Julius Caesar’s death? Antony and Octavian
Give 3 reasons Christians were persecuted in the Roman Empire? Refused to worship the
emperor, refused to participate in Roman cultural festivals, blamed for disasters
Under which Roman emperor did empire wide persecution of Christians begin? Diocletian
What symbol of Rome’s power includes a bundle of reeds bound together and an axe protruding
from the bundle? Fasces
What meeting settled the question of Christ’s deity, putting the Arian controversy to rest?
Council of Nicaea
What is the date of the Council of Nicaea? 31
Which emperor made Christianity legal in the Roman empire in 313? Constantine
Which emperor made Christianity the official religion of the Roman empire? Theodosios I
What is a system of beliefs in which pleasure is subordinate to duty and responsibility? Stoicism
35. What system of belief pursues personal pleasure as the highest good? Epicureanism
36. Who fought the first Punic War? What was it fought over? What were the dates? What
development gave one side the victory?
37. Who fought the second Punic War? Who were the leaders? What battle tactics were
successful? How did the war end? Dates?
38. Who fought the third Punic War? Where? What was the result? Date?
39. What is the term for a time of relative peace in Rome in which trade, travel, and communication
flourished, and government stability was the norm? Pax Romana
40. Suppose President Obama declares that the government is taking over all health care in
America, and all hospitals and clinics will belong to the government and healthcare workers will
be government employees. What is a term from Rome which we might use to describe his
actions? “Crossing the Rubicon”