Exam 6: The Transformation of Rome

Constantine seemed to envision a united Rome after his death as he gave the empire as a whole to his eldest son,disinheriting the younger two in order to prevent civil war.

Why was the Gothic invasion of 476 so successful?

The differences between the eastern and western parts of the Roman Empire:

Beginning in the fifth century,the Western empire changed:

The Goths revolted in 378 due to Roman interference in the Frankish Church.

The roots of the papacy lie in:

The crisis of the early third century was precipitated by:

The Dead Sea Scrolls have helped historians to understand the religious climate of the first century C.E.by:

In terms of organization,the fourth-century Christian Church was:

The Dead Sea Scrolls emphasize the homogeneity and strict observance of Jewish religious practice around the time of Jesus.

Cassiodorus's Institutes was a list of essential classical and pagan literature a monk should know.

The traditional date for the fall of Rome is:

The monastic way of life in the West was influenced greatly by the establishment of a set of rules written by:

Romans regarded the Germans as barbarians because:

On the City of God:

Jerome was famous for his groundbreaking assertion that the emperor was subject to the Church,and not vice versa.

The Zealots were a group of Jews who placed their hopes in politics and arms against the Romans.

Augustine's theological ideas revolved around:

According to Chapter 6,it is probably best to assume that:

One reason for the inclusion of classical texts in the education of Christians by the fourth century was: