ANCIENT ROME Quiz 2
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16 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 villa | a large country estate |
| gladiator | people who fought for entertainment of others |
| circus | shows that featured animals fighting other animals, animals fighting humans, or humans fighting animals |
| Jesus | the founder of Christianity |
| messiah | another name for "savior" |
| disciples | a follower of a person or a belief |
| epistle | another word for "letters" |
| martyr | someone who dies for a particular cause |
| Christianity | a religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus and on the Bible |
| St. Paul | one of the most devoted followers of Jesus' teachings |
| St. Paul | this person wrote many letters to Christian groups in distant cities |
| "christos" | in Greek, this words means "messiah" |
| Nero | this emperor began the first official campaign against Christians |
| villa | an important source of food for ancient Rome |
| Christianity | emperors were fearful that this religion would take away their power |
| circus | another name for an arena |
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