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WORLD HISTORY I – UNIT IV STUDY GUIDE Rome and its Legacy Terms- Identify what it is and why it is important. Must be handwritten. Terms and Ideas: CHAPTER 6 (Ancient Rome) Sec 1 Romulus and Remus legend Etruscan influences Law of the 12 Tables Describe the government of the Roman Republic- Including: Patricians and Plebeians, Tribunes, Consuls, Senate, Dictator Punic Wars: Carthage, Hannibal, and Scipio Location of Sicily, Italy, Rome, Carthage, Adriatic Sea Sec 2 Gracchi brothers First Triumvirate Second Triumvirate after Caesar’s death Octavian (Augustus) Julio-Claudian (or “Bad”) Emperors Good Emperors Describe the Pax Romana Sec 3 Bread and circuses- Public entertainment Describe education and religion Describe Rome’s cultural legacy includingPtolemy, Aqueducts, Arches, roads, civil law Sec 4 Treatment of Jews in Rome and Messiah Beliefs of Christianity including: Jesus of Nazareth, messiah, disciples and apostles- Paul and martyrs The eucharist Bishop, Pope Significance of Constantine and Theodosius Edict of Milan Sec 5 Problems in the Roman Empire Diocletian Constantinople Attila and Odoacer Ch. 12. Sec 1 People: Justinian, Theodora, Belisarius Byzantine Art Justinian’s Code Hagia Sophia Hippodrome Constantinople Icons and iconoclasm Eastern Orthodox Church The Great Schism of 1054 Causes of Decline Questions: (Answer in complete sentences.) 1. What advantages did Rome’s location give the city? What advantages did it give the empire? 2. Why did the Romans develop a Republic? Over time, what problems emerged in the Roman Republic? 3. In what ways was the Roman Empire under Augustus different from the Roman Republic? 4. What were some of the major cultural, governmental, architectural, and engineering contributions made by the Roman Republic and Empire, and in what ways are they still important in the modern world? 5. What was the main message of Jesus’ teachings? What factors helped Christianity spread throughout the Roman Empire? 6. How did the Christian church change as it grew and as time passed? Why? 7. What reforms did Diocletian and Constantine attempt? How successful were they? Why? 8. What problems did the Romans face beginning in the late 200s? How did they manage them? 9. What factors contributed to the fall of Western Rome? Was it preventable? Why or why not? 10. What were some of the important features of Byzantine culture? In what way was Byzantium a continuity of the Roman Empire? 11. How did the controversy over icons lead to a bigger controversy between eastern and western Christianity? 12. What led to the decline of the Byzantine Empire? Could it have been prevented? Why or why not?