Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Notes for a test tomorrow

Religion-

  • The romans had many different Gods, but then Christianity came along which only has one God 
  •  a group of Jews decided to have a revolution called the Zealots who decided to break off and create there own country, and they fought and fought but didnt succeed. So the Romans burnt down there holy city except one wall, the Western Wall
Persicution of Christian

  • when they first started out the romans were harsh towards them
  • Christians had to gather in secret in fear of being persecuted
  • they were used as "entertainment" 
  • Despite the oppression, Christianity grew quickly around 10% became part of the Roman empire 


The big part of the test is the Four emperors, the persecution of Jews and Christians, and Jesus and Paul
*essay-   Whats the difference between the roman republic and the roman empire
Republic made up of The senate and the consul, democracy, aristocracy and monarchy and when it becomes an empire the emperor rules

I started to studying with Alyssa and we made a study guide

1.       Who was the first Emperor when Rome started there empire? Octavian
2.       Who was the Emperor who was made fun of for speech impediment? Claudius
3.       Why did the Romans persecute Jesus? Because he said he was the son of God and there was a higher kingdom rather than Rome
4.       What is the Pax Romana? A period of peace and prosperity
5.       Why did Tiberius become the next Emperor after Octavian? He was Octavian’s adopted son
6.       Who was the governor of the roman province of Judaeu? Pontius Pilate
7.       Who actually had Jesus prosecuted? Pontius Pilate
8.       How did Paul help start Christianity? He spread the word of Jesus throught Europe
9.       6 influential person? Muhammad, Isaac newton, Jesus , Buddha, Confucius, and Paul of Tarsus  

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