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How did Constantine help spread Christianity?: By promoting Christianity while he was emperor
2.
How did Paul spread Christianity?: By going on 3 journeys
3.
What are four names for the first emperor?: ~First citizen
~Augustus
~Octavius
~respected one
4.
What city services were created?: ~police force
~fire brigade
~food department
5.
What did Caesar end?: The Roman Republic
6.
What did Constantine do to help the Empire?: Promoting Christianity and allowing people to have any religion. Building and repairing churches
7.
What factors lead to the decline of Rome?: ~Christians more devoted to faith than Rome
~Too large and hard to defend
~High taxes
~Romans stopped supporting emperor
~Roman economy declined
~Weak army
~people didn't want to join army
~high death rate
~no machines or inventors to help increase production
8.
What made Pax Romana possible?: Rome was united and believed that the Republic was coming back
9.
What was bread and circus?: Free food given to citizens without jobs, provided by farmers in the provinces, and 159 holidays where chariot racing took place in the Circus Maximus, an arena
10.
What was the Pax Romana?: A 200 year time started during Augustus' reign when Rome was peaceful and united
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Who killed Caesar and why?: Senators because he was too powerful
12.
Who started the Pax Romana?: Augustus
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Who worked to support bread and circus?: Farmers in the provinces
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Why did emperors provide bread and circus?: So that Romans who didn't have jobs wouldn't rebel
15.
Why did Romans build roads and aqueducts?: To unify and control huge Republic.
16.
Why did the Roman Empire fall?: Barbarians attacked Rome, Rome lost. Others now saw Rome as beatable so Rome fell to Barbarians.
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Why is Constantinople a good location?: Richest provinces in eastern empire
connected Europe and Asia
good for trade
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Why/ how did emperors persecute Christians?: Executed all Christians because believed that they were angering the gods and responsible for bad things in the Empire.