Unit 6

Question 1

The Second Triumvirate

Answer 1

Lepidus, Marc Antony, Octavian

Question 2

proscription

Answer 2

public identification and official of declared enemies of the state, proscription eliminates political enemies and replenish the treasury

Question 3

Augustus fundamentally transformed Rome’s political system into a

Answer 3

monarchy

Question 4

Augustus’ true source of power

Answer 4

controlled the state treasury
loyalty of the army

Question 5

Augustus’ military reforms

Answer 5

-he professionalized the army
-guaranteed soldiers pay and retirement benefits
-he created the Praetorian Guard

Question 6

Augustus’ contributions to Roman life
-established the first ____ in western civilization

Answer 6

fire dept.

Question 7

prevent the citizenry from protesting and rioting

Answer 7

bread and circuses

Question 8

the Principate, the goal

Answer 8

was stability and order, not political freedom

Question 9

Pax Romana

Answer 9

The Roman Peace

Question 10

The Julio-Claudians

Answer 10

Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula Claudius, Nero

Question 11

insane tyrant

Answer 11

Caligula

Question 12

One legacy from ______ was the precedent he established by bribing the Praetorian Guard to back him as the new emperor

Answer 12

Claudius

Question 13

In 60 Nero ______, scandalizing the Roman elite

Answer 13

performed as a musician in public

Question 14

he had his mother killed in 59

Answer 14

Nero

Question 15

victory showed the elite and the army wished to continue the Principate

Answer 15

Vespasian

Question 16

the worship of the emperor as a living god and making sacrifices for his household’s welfare

Answer 16

imperial cult

Question 17

first emperor to succeed his biological father

Answer 17

Titus

Question 18

The Five Good Emperors

Answer 18

Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius

Question 19

period known as the

Answer 19

Golden Age

Question 20

the greatest military expansion in Roman history, attain its maximum territorial extent

Answer 20

Trajan

Question 21

believed the financial strain to be incurred in keeping on a policy of conquests was something the Roman Empire could not afford

Answer 21

Hadrian

Question 22

his reign was the most peaceful in the entire history of the Principate

Answer 22

Antoninus Pius

Question 23

Messiah

Answer 23

Anointed One

Question 24

the world is ruled by evil powers that would one day be crushed by the Messiah, God’s chosen agent after which the righteous would be rewarded and the evil punished

Answer 24

apocalypticism

Question 25

Senatorial resistance had been definitively crushed

Answer 25

Battle of Philippi

Question 26

The decisive confrontation of the Final Battle in the was of the Roman rebel, Octavian defeated Antony and Cleopatra

Answer 26

Battle of Actium

Question 27

Princeps of first man, a term from the republic meaning

Answer 27

Most distinguished senator

Question 28

Augustus fundamentally transformed Rome's political system into a

Answer 28

Monarchy

Question 29

_____66-70________ Christianity began to separate from Judaism

Answer 29

The Zealot Revolt, and the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple

Question 30

Christians consider the ____ to be the cornerstone of their faith and the most important event in history

Answer 30

Resurrection of Jesus

Question 31

The central tenet of Christianity is the belief in

Answer 31

Jesus as the son of god and the Messiah (Christ)

Question 32

Reasons for Roman Persecution

Answer 32

-Christians denial of the gods would invoke their wrath on the empire -Christians were cannibals and sexually promiscuous

Question 33

The biggest argument of the EARLY CHURCH was the issue of the

Answer 33

Trinity

Question 34

____ doctrine states that the Apostles has appointed the first bishops as their successor, giving these officials the authority that Jesus had originally given to the Apostles

Answer 34

Apostolic sucession

Question 35

Sacraments of the Church

Answer 35

-Baptism -Reconciliation -Holy Eucharist -Marriage -Anointing of the sick