Exam 5: The Roman Empire

Imperial Rome made great engineering advances,including the use of vaults and domes,both forms adapted from Etruscan semi-circular ________.

Christianity appealed to the poor and underserved populations of Rome.For this reason,it makes sense that it first gained popularity ________.

Saul of Tarsus,in Cilicia,underwent a conversion outside Damascus and changed his name to ________.

Although the military had social mobility in the empire,a new class system was legally recognized between the lower classes,humiliores,and the upper classes,________.

Gaius Caesar Germanicus,known as Caligula,acted erratically and was eventually killed by members of the ________.

Trajan's campaign to establish the province of Dacia between the Danube River and Carpathian Mountains can be seen as being defensive because ________.

"Augustus" was an honorific title meaning "________."

________ believed in a world of divine and natural law,and his writings were read well into the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

The historian Tacitus related an incident in which Nero used a city fire ________.

Which of the following was NOT a part of elite Roman women's lives?

Because Rome had a large early Christian population,and because Peter was thought to be first bishop of the city,________.

At first,Christians were thought to be a sect of Jews and thus ________.

Augustus's imperial reign is known as the "Principate" after his title princeps,meaning "first ________."

The fourth- and fifth-century "decline and fall of the Roman Empire" refers to the diminishing fortunes of ________.

In the rural west of the late empire,many cities were reconfigured as walled fortresses.For civilians,life revolved around the villa,a(n)________.

Freestanding amphitheaters were built around the empire,hippodromes were constructed for chariot racing,and gladiatorial combat was as popular as ever.What did the need for entertainment (and particular kinds of entertainment)suggest about the Roman populace? Did these entertainments benefit or harm the emperor in any way?

Valentinian I divided the empire in two and appointed his brother Valens as ruler of the east.The two sides became increasingly separate,as ________ was spoken in the west and ________ in the east.

The ________,who characterized one segment of the nobility at the end of the republic,found their literary expression in the personal poems of Catullus.

Looking at Map 5-6,Map Exploration,we can see the spread of Christianity from 200 to 600 c.e.Why did Christianity first take root in urban areas? What would have been the consequence of Christianity spreading more rapidly before developing an orthodox tradition?

A pervasive negative mood in the decades following the reign of Augustus is apparent in the ________ of the time,which was satirical and pessimistic.