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| Jewish group which wished to rid the land that was rightfully theirs/their homeland of the romans |
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| The first four books of the new testament of the bible. |
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| Jesus disciples, thought to have written the Apostles. |
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| born around 6-4 B.C. was a carpenter who became a public ministry |
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| first of the apostles who led the followers and helped spread Christianity. |
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| Apostle who never met Jesus but, claimed he had a vision of him which said he was a son of God Turned from the enemy of Christianity to a hero. |
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| priests who supervised local churches. |
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| Father/ head of Christan church |
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| Belief that contradicts basic teachings |
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| The Roman emperor that legalized Christianity ad has Byzantine renamed Constantinople for him. |
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| a person made to bear the blame for others |
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| a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. |
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| Power starts at one point then works its way down. etc. Army: General of the army, general, lieutenant general, etc. |
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| A drastic drop in the value of money coupled with a rise in prices. |
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| The wall, built during Emperor Hadrian’s rule, that served as the most heavily fortified border in the empire. The gates through the wall served as customs posts to allow trade and heavy taxation. |
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| Foreign soldiers who fought for money hired by the government. While they would accept lower pay than the Romans, they felt little sense of loyalty to the empire. |
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| A strong-willed army leader that became the new emperor in 284 AD. He restored order in the empire and increased its strength. He governed as an absolute ruler and severely limited personal freedoms. |
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| The moved capital of Rome to the Greek City of Byzantium. It stood on the Bosporus Strait, and was strategically located for trade and defense purposes between West and East. It was protected by massive walls and filled with imperial buildings. It was given a new name-Constantinople, city of Constantine. |
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| A powerful chieftain of the Huns that terrorized both halves of the empire. He attacked 70 cities, but failed to scale the walls of Constantinople. They were weakened by famine and disease, and Pope Leo I was able to negotiate their withdrawal. |
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| A Germanic tribe that fought for the possession of Spain. They competed for possession of Gaul with the Franks and Burgundians. |
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| The new culture produced by the mixing of Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman cultures. Also called the classical civilization. |
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| A poet that spent 10 years writing the most famous work of Latin literature, the Aeneid, the epic of the legendary Aeneas. It was written in praise of Rome and Roman virtues, modeled after the Greek epics of Homer. |
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| A Roman historian that is notable among ancient historians because he presented the facts accurately. He was concerned with the Romans’ lack of morality. In his Annals and Histories, he wrote about the good and bad of imperial Rome. |
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| Structures consisting of many arches designed by Roman engineers to bring water into cities and towns. When the water channel spanned a river or ravine, the aqueduct was lifted high up on arches. |
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| The greatest feats of Roman engineering. Its construction was started by the Emperor Vespasian and was completed by his sons, emperors Titus and Domitian. Spectators, both rich and poor, cheered a variety of free, bloody spectacles presented for their entertainment. This included Gladiator fights, wild animals that were hunted and slaughtered, and Christians devoured by lions. The poor sat in higher seats, rich closer to the action. |
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