Exam 1 Flashcards
(33 cards)
Twenty-two emperors from 235-285 that were military bred
Third - Century Crisis
The blending of practices or beliefs
Syncretism
Worshipping the Emperor as Lord & God
Imperial Cult
Realigned Roman provinces and started the tetrarchy. Persecuted Christians & other religions who would not conform to imperial cult.
Diocletian
Attempted to stop flight of Aristocrats to the provinces: ruled after the civil war
Constantine
Made administrative posts hereditary
Constantine
Christ told him in a dream he would conquer under his sign
Constantine
Made Christianity Legal
Constantine
First ecumenical council; Trinitarian Controversy = how divine is Jesus
Council of Nicea
Idea that Jesus is not fully divine like God and that Jesus was created by God and is a different person than God the father
Arianism
non-romans; persians, egyptians, and even Romans at one time
Barbarians
people’s migration (folks wandering) moving south to east coming in contact with the Romans
Volkerwanderung
a power dynamic; the war leader would share his gifts with his men.
Gift Giving
extreme circumstance that the accused would go through. Ex. Heat, drowning.
Ordeals
the agreement between a Germanic lord and his subservients, a special case of clientage and the direct source of the practice of feudalism
Comitatus
Man Gold; payment based on social status, had to pay what was equal to the crime
Wergild
written texts
Manuscripts
Monkhood is a religious way of life in which one renounces worldly pursuits to devote oneself fully to spiritual work.
Monasticism
Ostrogothic King, King of Italy, makes many monuments
Theodoric
Things are to be ____/_______
used
/enjoyed
those whose meaning is unclear
signs
physical item
things
we are to love _________nin a way that shows God’s love
our neighbors
by loving your neighbor by loving ___
God
