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Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding the Law of the Twelve Tables?
a. it established the jus gentium
b. publication of the laws encouraged citizens to settle cases amongst themselves
c. the Tables summarized existing customary law
d. knowledge of legal procedures, as described in the Tables, was empowering for plebeians
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| it established the jus gentium |
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| What was the dominant language of the Greco-Roman culture? |
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| The Roman Empire was replaced by the Roman Republic by the end of the first century B.C.E. T/F |
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Which of the following were NOT among the first converts to Christianity?
a. Rome's elites
b. women
c. slaves
d. Jews
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Which of these was NOT a major responsibility of the emperor under the Augustan system?
a. to subsidize foreign trade
b. to protect and expand imperial territory
c. to administer justice and provide good government
d. to serve as Pontifex Maximus, supervise the public worship of the gods of Rome
e. to be a symbol of unity for all the peoples of the Empire |
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| The "Year of the Four Emperors" was the result of |
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| competition between Roman armies to put their commanders on the throne. |
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| Augustus' reforms of the army included |
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| establishing regular terms of service and retirement benefits |
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| Between 114 C.E. and 117 C.E., Rome conquered and lost much of Mesopotamia and Armenia. T/F |
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| Syncretism is the practice of fusing together different administrative styles to produce a hybrid government. T/F |
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| Roman aristocratic women possessed some measure of political power, as demonstrated by their appearance on coins. T/F |
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| the New Testament narratives of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, written 30 to 60 years after Jesus' death |
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Which of the following was NOT one of the titles bestowed upon or taken by Octavian?
a. Emperor
b. Augustus
c. Consul
d. Tribune
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| was the consequence of the raid on Judea by the Romans. |
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| Within the city of Rome, each adult male citizen received a daily food ration. T/F |
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| Gnostics rejected the material world and considered the body a prison for the human soul. T/F |
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| The emperors of the Antonine Age, beginning with Nerva, employed the tactic of adopting highly qualified heirs to be their successors. T/F |
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| The cult of the emperor was reinforced through |
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| Trade within the Empire was conducted primarily via the extensive network of Roman roads. T/F |
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| The Antonine Decree granted all citizens of the Empire equality under the law. T/F |
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| Romanization in the provinces was primarily conducted by |
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| Rome's Pantheon was built as a temple to all gods. T/F |
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| The only successful revolt against Roman rule was carried out by |
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| The greatest rival of early Imperial Rome was |
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| Peasant life in the Empire: |
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| Under the Augustan imperial system, what was the primary function of the Senate? |
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| to act as the administrative arm of imperial rule |
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| Hadrian's Wall was constructed to |
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| protect Rome's frontier in Britain. |
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| The New Testament is the Jewish record of Jesus' life and teachings. T/F |
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| What marked the beginning of the Hellenistic period of western civilization? |
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| the conquests of Alexander the Great |
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| What marked the beginning of the Hellenistic period of western civilization? |
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| the conquests of Alexander the Great |
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| describes the complex cosmopolitan civilization, based on that of greece, that developed in the wake of Alexander's conquests. |
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| People in the Hellenistic period used ________ as the common tongue in trade, politics, and intellectual life. |
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| derived from the greeks' description of people's language who didn't speak greek. (their language was "ba-ba" meaning unintelligible to greeks) |
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| What did Hellenism provide? |
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| a cultural unity to an area stratching from europe in the west to afghanistan in the east. |
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| When did the Hellenistic era and age of independent Hellenistic kingdoms came to an end? |
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| What caused the end of the Hellenistic age? |
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| when the roman ruler Octavian brought an end to the Ptolemaic dynasty, which had ruled Egypt since the death of Alexander. Rome then controlled almost all the states that had been established in the lands that Alexander had conquered. |
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| What happened after Rome ended the Hellenistic age? |
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| Rome rose to power and blended greek culture with its own: greco-roman cultural synthesis, which rome transmitted to the lands it controlled, became the bedrock of civilization |
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| Why were Macedonians constantly ready for battle? |
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| there was relentless warfare against wild Thracian and Illyrian tribes to the north and east. |
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| what tongue did Macedonians use? |
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| bitter punishment of the gods |
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| When did the peloponnesian war take place? Between whom and who won? |
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| Athens and Sparta and 431-404 BCE |
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| the highest mountain in laconia |
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| pherecrates a contemporary |
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| a contemporary comic poet |
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| The Maccabeans violently rejected all Greek gods and customs. T/F |
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Hellenistic philosophers conceptualized their discipline as having these three
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| logic, ethics, and the study of the natural world |
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| What was pastoral poetry, and what is its significance? |
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| Pastoral verse describes idyllic rural settings, but the people experience tension and sadness like their urban contemporaries; Shakespeare, nineteenth-century Russians, and others have also written pastoral poetry. |
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| Euclid was a Hellenistic __________ |
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Which of the following is NOT true of the Hellenistic world?
a. The Persian Empire was politically dominant.
b. Alexander the Great was the model of a successful empire-builder.
c. Different cultures shared a common history, political system, and diplomatic etiquette.
d. It was cosmopolitan.
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| The Persian Empire was politically dominant. |
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| What is the best summary of the prevailing male view of the ideal woman in the Hellenistic period? |
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| Alexander's defeat in India marked the first time he lost a battle, and contributed to the demise of his empire. T/F |
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| Subjects of the Hellenistic kings understood that citizenship was shared by all people within the kingdom. T/F |
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| What factor was most responsible for the minimal direct trade between India and the Hellenistic world? |
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| Arab middlemen tried to monopolize the trade. |
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| claimed a form of divine right. |
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| flourished in Europe during the Hellenistic Age. |
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| Greeks considered all non-Greeks barbaric and uncivilized. T/F |
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| Priests in Hellenistic sanctuaries inflicted corporal punishment on criminals. T/F |
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| The baroque style of architecture was characterized by |
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| a sense of motion, and emotional appeal. |
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| Archeologists have excavated early Celtic settlements in Hallstatt, Austria. T/F |
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As of around 290 B.C.E., which of the following was NOT one of the successor kingdoms to Alexander the Great's empire?
a. Roman Republic
b. Antigonid Kingdom
c. Seleucid Kingdom
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| unified Macedonia by controlling the local nobility. |
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| the rational pursuit of pleasure would help people gain tranquility in their troubled souls. |
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| Hellenistic cities were essentially just garrisons, meant to maintain the conquerors' power. T/F |
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| Greek poleis expanded their powers considerably during the Hellenistic Age, and became more independent. T/F |
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| In the Hellenistic age, Greek women |
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| achieved more social and legal freedom. |
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| The conquests of Alexander the Great included |
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| Egypt, Mesopotamia, Babylon, Persia. |
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| In Ptolemaic Egypt, women could lead military conquests. T/F |
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Hellenistic era astronomy relied on the intersection of Middle Eastern and Greek
scholarly work. T/F |
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| the name for the translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek by Alexandrian Jews |
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| Romans had little use for theaters. T/F |
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| In general, what differentiates Roman oratory from Greek oratory? |
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| Roman oratory is blunter and more effective, while Greek oratory is more elegant and subtle |
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| During the Gallic Wars, approximately one million Celts were killed or enslaved. T/F |
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| The Forum served as the administrative and judicial headquarters of the city of Rome. T/F |
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| Government in the Roman Republic included the Centuriate Assembly, composed of |
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| all of Rome's male citizens. |
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| What was the most significant way in which the governing institutions of the United States of America differed from those of the Roman Republic? |
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| The Roman Senate had more influence and power than the U.S. Senate. |
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| After the Latin War, Rome required defeated peoples to |
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| provide troops, and loyalty. |
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| Natural law, international law, and jus gentium all refer to the same basic concepts. T/F |
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| Like the Greeks, Rome excluded defeated peoples from citizenship, leading to ension and rebellion in the provinces. T/F |
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| After the Third Macedonian War, |
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| Rome sold 150,000 people into slavery, destroyed 70 cities, and divided Macedon into four republics |
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| For what cause did wealthy women demonstrate in 195 B.C.E.? |
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| repeal of the Oppian Law, which restricted women's wealth |
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| The Roman household was headed by a/an |
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| Marc Antony emerged as victor when the Second Triumvirate split, and became master of the entire Roman world. T/F |
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| Patricians were members of aristocratic clans; they occupied the top of Republican Rome's social hierarchy. T/F |
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| The Pax Romana was a period of two centuries when the Mediterranean world experienced a nearly unbroken peace. T/F |
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| The First Triumvirate was responsible for |
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| granting land to Pompey's troops in the Middle East and Asia Minor |
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| The reforms of the Gracchi included attempts to limit the power of the aristocracy and stop abuses of power in the provinces. T/F |
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| According to Polybius, the Roman Republic benefited from its mixture of |
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| monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy. |
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| What cause did Tiberius Gracchus advocate? |
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| What is a correct summary of the achievements of Hannibal? |
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| In the Second Punic War, Hannibal led a surprise attack on Italy, marching across the Alps with 25,000 men and 18 elephants. Despite stunning victories, he was ultimately defeated by the Romans. |
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| permanently ended the autonomy of the Senate. |
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| What geographic feature facilitated the development of the city of Rome? |
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when did System of “Republican” self-rule
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| Chief magistrates and top generals (2 at a time; one-year terms |
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| (citizen body, voting in assemblies) |
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| Council of Elders; lifetime memberships (the real power in the state) |
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| 390 B.C.E.: Disastrous defeat at the hands of Gallic mercenaries: A mournful date on the Roman calendar,Rome determined never to be taken by surprise again |
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| leads to Roman growth up to about 275 B.C.E |
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| original aristocrats (ruling class after expulsion of Kings); hereditary membership |
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| the commoners (everyone else) |
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| “Struggle of the Orders:” |
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| Plebeians demand political and civic rights |
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| “Patrician-Plebeian nobility” |
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| Eventually (before 275 B.C.E.): the “Patrician-Plebeian nobility” (nobiles), ruling Rome together |
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264-241 B.C.E. (mainly fought in Sicily and at sea)
Rome becomes a naval power |
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218-201 B.C.E. Hannibal’s route from Spain & across the Alps: shock and fear in Rome
Disastrous defeats in Italy: 218, 217, 216
Rome nearly collapses; rescued by P. Cornelius Scipio |
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149-146 B.C.E.
50-year interlude: Roman paranoia, severe limitations on Carthage
Cato “the Censor” and his anti-Carthaginian propaganda
149: Rome attacks on a pretext
Carthage destroyed, 146 B.C.E. (by another P. Cornelius Scipio!) |
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| Conquest of the Eastern Mediterranean: More or less completed by |
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| noble woman of the Middle Republic |
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| the “social glue” of Roman society |
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| Client armies & Proscriptions |
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Crassus, Julius Caesar & Pompey |
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| First Triumvirate accomplishments: |
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Pompey gets: favorable legislation; Caesar gets: major command
Caesar’s 10-year war of conquest in Gaul (modern France) |
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| The "Second Triumvirate": |
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| Octavian, Mark Antony, Lepidus |
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The "Second Triumvirate"
Partnership for political ends: |
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“justice,” vengeance, political advantage
A new round of bloody proscriptions |
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| Octavian vs. Antony and Cleopatra: |
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| Victory at Actium, 31 B.C.E. |
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| First persecution of Christians: |
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| Death at the hands of the “beasts:” |
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| (bread and "circuses"): Entertainment & food |
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| (archaeological mound) to find the true Jesus |
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| Producers of the Dead Sea Scrolls |
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