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The Fall of Rome
christianity, key people and terms regarding the fall of rome
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History
8th Grade
09/27/2011

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Christianity

 

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the christian religion

 

  • the belief of jesus as their savior and god's son

 

 

 

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Messiah

 

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the promised deliverer of the jews

 

 

 

 

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Martyr

 

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a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce their religion

 

 

 

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Gospels

 

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the teachings of jesus and the apostles

 

 

 

 

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Apostle

 

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any of the early folowers of jesus who carried the christian message to the world

 

 

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Persecution

 

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to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment 

 

 

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Edict of Milan

 

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a roman letter proclaming religious toleration

 

 

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Bishop

 

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A person who supervises a number of churches

 

 

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Pope

 

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head of the roman catholic church

 

 

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Heresy

 

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any belief or theory that is strongly at variant with established beliefs

 

  • for example witches and dark magic

 

 

 

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Dyarchy

 

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government where two people rule
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tetrarchy

 

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a government in which four people rule
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Agustus (gov't)

 

 

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a name givin to the rulers of rome after agustus
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 Caeser (gov't)
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a name givin to the rulers of rome from agustus to hadrian
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Reform

 

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an amendment to the law
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mercenary

 

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a professional solider hired to serve a forreign army

  • paid less than Romans
  • much less loyal to the Romans
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aurthoritarian

 

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a ruler who becomes a dictator
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germanic

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people who lived in northern Europe
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Jesus

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the messiah sent by god to lead the jews to freedom
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paul

 

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an important and sucessfull missionary; someone who converts non-jews to christianity
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peter

 

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one of jesus' twelve deciples who founded the church
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diocletian

 

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 a roman emperor who

  • divided rome into 2 parts and governed the western part
  • fixed the prices of goods and services
  • he made the sons become what the father was EG father farmer=son farmer
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constantine

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  • the first christian roman emperor
  • moved the capital of the empire to byzantium
  • formed edict of milan
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visigoths
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one of the the two main branches of the goths
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Alaric

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  • a leader of the goths
  • was in the roman army
  •  seized rome 
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attila the hun

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a leader of the huns who helped them in the conquest
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odoacer

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the first barbarian king of italy
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romulus agustustulus

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the laste emperor of the western roman empire
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