Events

Question 1

3rd Century Economic Crisis

Answer 1

• how the roman economic system was set up (they relied on the money of the wealthy for the public works projects)
• Increasing income inequality (the establishment of the coloni) the rich were moving out of the cities to not have to build things
• Many bad emporers
• Monitary value going down
• the provinces were going away so the empire didnt have those taxes

Question 2

Antonine Plague 165-180CE

Answer 2

• we think it is small pox
• 25-33% of population of roman empire died
• killed people in their prime (not old and kids)

Question 3

Edict of Caracalla

Answer 3

• issued in 212
• by emporer caracalla
• said that all free men in the empire would be given full roman citizenship
• the women would gain the same status of roman women

Question 4

Augustan Age

Answer 4

• he was in power so long that people forgot about elections
• was peace and everything was ok

Question 5

Barbarian Invasions

Answer 5

• The huns were comming so the barbarians were running away from them
• they sought refuge in the roman territory
• were sent to refugee camps and taxed highly for food
• they fought back and killed too many roman soldiers in their own territory
• the romans had a plea bargan with them

Question 6

Battle of Milvian Bridge (312)

Answer 6

• was an important route over the tiber river
• Between Constantine and Maxentius, both emporers
• he ended the tetriarchy and became sole emporer of rome
• marked the beggining of his turn to christianity

Question 7

Council of Nicaea 1st

Answer 7

• council of christian bishops by emporer Constantine
• in Nicaea Bithynia
• was the first effort to attain consensus by this assembly representing all Christiendom
• 250-300 bishops
• resolved major doctrinal issues that had christianity in a virtual civil war by voting on a set of compromises

Question 8

Edict of Milan

Answer 8

• Licinius and Constantine I met in milan and agreed to treat the christians benevolently
• it was because they were prosicuting them all
• in 313 AD

Question 9

Fall of Byzantine Empire (5/29/1453)

Answer 9

• seige by the ottoman empire
• under the rule of Constantine XI
• marked the fall of the middle ages
• the empire was only the city of contantinople
• they then found instanbul

Question 10

Fall of the Western Empire (476 CE)

Answer 10

• Romulus Augustulus was the emporer, was just a kid
• it didnt have control over the western parts of the empire, that still thought of themselves as roman
• were taken over by Odoacer, germanic soldier

Question 11

First Jewish War

Answer 11

• known as the great revolt
• 66CE
• Anti-taxation protests and attacks against roman citizens
• this was the war that Vespasian picked up Flavius Josephus
• Sacked Jerusalem in 70CE

Question 12

Five Good Emporers

Answer 12

5 good emporers in the face of many bad ones

• Nerva
• Trajan
• Hadrian
• Pius
• Aurelius

Question 13

Tetrarchy

Answer 13

• where four emporers devide up the power
• instituted by Diocletian
• marked the end of the third century economic crisis
• included: Diocletian, Constantine I, Maximainus, Galerius

Question 14

Year of Four Good Emporers (69AD)

Answer 14

One year that there was four emporers

Galba

Otho

Vitellius

Vespasian