Chapters 11 and 12

Chaos threatened the Roman empire in the mid-5th century C.E., when Germanic tribes tried to avoid the attacks of

Which of the following recorded the suffering of Christians caused by epidemic diseases in his On Mortality?

The religion that attempted to incorporate Zoroastrian, Christian, and Buddhist elements was known as Manichaeism.

The trading port of Rhapta was located

Paul of Tarsus was the leading figure in the expansion of Christianity beyond Judaism.

Latifundia were

Attila, the leader of the Huns, caused chaos in the Roman empire with his invasion of eastern Europe.

A key element in establishing trade across the Indian Ocean was the

The Roman thinker Marcus Tullius Cicero is most associated with what Hellenistic school of thought?

The easternmost point of the silk roads was the Han capital of

The leader of the Visigoths who sacked Rome in 410 C.E. was

Jesus of Nazareth’s followers called him “Christ,” which meant

The common people in early Rome were called patricians.

The Romans had a long tradition of written law, stretching back to 449 B.C.E. and the creation of the

Epictetus was a slave who became a leading Roman Stoic philosopher.

Which group, in an effort to alleviate social tensions, was allowed to elect two and then later ten tribunes?

The tribunes were the wealthy classes in early Rome.

In 325 C.E., the Council of Nicaea

Constantine was the Roman emperor who proclaimed Christianity the official religion of the empire.

During its early history, Rome was dominated by the

The Essenes were

In 410 C.E., Rome was sacked by the

Which of the following deserts was one of the most dangerous spots along the silk roads?

Paul’s case was transferred to Rome because

Christian thought was linked to Platonic philosophy through the work of

The prophet Mani died in chains as a prisoner of the Sasanid emperor, under the urging of the

The term paterfamilias refers to

Zhang Qian’s mission was to line up allies for Han China against the

After naming himself dictator in 46 B.C.E., Julius Caesar did all of the following EXCEPT

According to legend, Rome was founded by

Constantine founded an eastern capital for the Roman empire.

Which of the following was NOT accomplished by Constantine?

St. Augustine tried to harmonize Christian and Platonic thought.

The Roman policy toward conquered peoples was

In 73 B.C.E., Spartacus

The most important port on the Red Sea, constructed by the Ptolemies, was

The Roman empire was divided into two parts by

Gaius Marius

In the structure of the early Christian church, who presided over the dioceses?

Which of the following religions was NOT popular during the Roman empire?

In regard to political philosophy, Julius Caesar

In the early stages of the Roman republic the patricians elected two

Octavian was able to restore order to the Roman world with his victory in 31 B.C.E. at

Periplus maris erythraei is

The most important early Roman historian for the empire was

After the collapse of the western half of the Roman empire, imperial authority survived for another thousand years in

In 180 C.E. smallpox claimed the life of the Roman emperor

The Nestorians were

In the late fourth century, Christianity was proclaimed the official religion of the Roman empire by Emperor

In the west, the silk roads terminated in the Turkish port of

In 476 C.E., the Germanic leader Odoacer brought an end to the western half of the Roman empire when he overthrew

The leader who, supported by the Roman aristocrats, led a slaughter of thousands of his political enemies was

Zhang Qian was

The tribune whose call for land reform led to his assassination in 132 B.C.E. was

Julius Caesar was the leader who reunified the Roman world and began the pax romana.

Vesta was the Roman goddess of

Christians were allowed to openly practice their religion when the emperor Constantine issued the Edict of

The last of the Ptolemaic rulers was

During the Punic Wars, the Romans fought against the

The expanding influence of India was shown by the fact that southeast Asian kings called themselves