Exam 5: The Roman Empire

Although Latin was the language of the Roman Empire,eastern provinces continued to use _______.

"Circuses" were named for their ________.

Augustus reduced the size of the Senate to ________.

Consider Map 5-2 showing the extent of the Roman Empire between 14 and 117 c.e.How could this evidence be used to explain why Trajan was considered one of the "good emperors"? What societal benefits flowed from the changes he made to the empire?

A measure of the desperate straits of the Roman military in the third century was the use of ________ in the army.

The debate that resulted in the Nicene Creed is proof that,although the Christian emperors hoped to unite the empire behind a single religion,there were ________.

Silver Age literature,produced between the death of Augustus and the reign of Marcus Aurelius,reflected the times.In contrast to Augustan work,Silver Age writing was ________.

________ was a cruel and vicious emperor whose bizarre actions made many suspect he was insane.

The troubled succession of the early Roman Empire was exemplified in the year 69,when ________.

________ shared his imperial power with three other men.

What made Maecenas,the cultural adviser to Augustus,important to literary circles?

The sculpture on the church of San Marco in Venice portrays Diocletian and three colleagues.Explain the symbolism of the four men.Explain why the sitting of the sculpture is ironic.

Jesus of Nazareth was named christos by his followers,meaning "________."

Because Augustus was officially "first citizen" and not king or emperor,he could not legally name his ________.

Septimius Severus changed conditions in the Roman army for what reason?

Although differences in doctrine had the potential to splinter the early Christian church into dozens of sects,a unity of belief and ritual was maintained by a ________.

Certain Christian tenets did not fit with Roman paganism.Imagine you are a Roman whose neighbor has converted to Christianity.What do you perceive as the neighbor's change in behavior? How does that make you feel?

In Augustus's reign,Rome had a professional army of between _______.

Early Christians James and Paul argued over whether ________.

Faith,fundamental to Christian belief,and reason,the foundation of classical education,were reconciled in the writings of ________.