6.5 and 11.1 Review
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Greco-Roman Culture | Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman culture |
| ideals of Roman art and literature | strength, permanence, and solidity |
| Greeks art | beauty and idealization |
| Roman art | realistic, practical purpose, mosaics |
| Pompeii | 79 A.D., Mount Vesuvius erupted covering Pompeii in ash that preserved buildings and art |
| What philosophy influenced Romans the most? | Stoicism; encouraged virtue, duty, moderation, and endurace |
| Virgil | poet who wrote Aeneid, written after epics of Homer |
| Livy | historian who compiled multi volume history of Rome from 9 B.C. |
| Tacitus | presented facts from history accurately |
| Latin language | official language of Roman Catholic church; developed into romance languages |
| aqueducts | bromg water into cities and towns |
| Roman roads | vast network of stone, concrete and sand in all parts of the empire |
| Roman law | -equal treatment -innocent until proven guilty -proof rested with accuser -punishment for actions, not thoughts -an unfair law could be set aside |
| Europe and United States | roman law endured to form basis of legal systems |
| Germanic tribes | how western empire was overrun |
| Justinian | succeeded his uncle for throne of eastern empire reconqured alot of territory |
| Belisarius | general who recovered North Africa from Germanic tribes |
| byzantine emperors | absolute power, headed state and church, appointed and dismissed bishops |
| Justinian Code | uniform code of four works;lasted for 900 years -Code-Roman laws Digest-opinions of legal thinkers about laws Institutes-told law students how to use law Novellae-presented legislation passed |
| Hagia Sophia | "holy wisdom" church |
| Mese or "Middle way" | main street running through constantinople where merchants did business |
| Hippodrome | meaning horse and racecourse; chariot races and performance acts |
| Nika rebellion | fan groups sparked riots against government; packed in Hippodrome and demanded overthrow of Justinian; 30000 rebels were killed |
| Theodora | Justinian's wife |
| What did the empire face a little before/after Justinian's death? | bubonic plague Lombards, Avars, Slavs, and Bulgars raided northern borders also persians and Russians attacked |
| Dividing of the Church | disagreement over icon use, then excommunication ideal differences became Roman catholic church in the west Orthodox church in the east |
| Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius | invented alphabet for the Slavic languages so slavs would read the bible in their own tongues |
| Ottoman Turks | ended byzantine empire |
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