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Octavian
Augustus "Revered": the name Octavian received from the senate when he became an emperor.
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Pax Romana, 30 B.C. ~ A.D. 180
Peace Roman
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The Late Republic
The peak of Roman culture
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Cicero
the towering literary figure of the Last Republic; influenced through Middle age and Renaissance.
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Lucretius, "On the Nature of the World"
A poet, set forth the scientific and philosophical ideas of Epicurus and Democratic with the zeal of a missionary trying to save society from fear.
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Vergil
the author of Aeneid: an epic that placed the history of Rome in the great tradition of the Greeks and Trojans war; honors Augustus
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Horace
the author of Odes; best revealed his great kills as lyric poem. Also glorified Augustus' order and the emire.
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Livy: History of Rome
descirbed the period between origin of Rome and 9th B.C. glorified Rome's greatness and set up historical models as examples of good and bad behavior.
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The Julio-Claudian Dynasty
Augustus-> Tubericus-> Caligula-> Claudius-> Nero
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The Flavian Dynasty
- calmed the chaos of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty; a new dynasty.
- Vespasian-> Titus-> Domitian
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The "Good Emperors"
referring the following 5 great emperors after the Flavian Dynasty: Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcis Aurelius
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Colosseum
Architectural building built by the Flavian Dynasty; used for watching gladiators and persecuting Christians
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Circus Maximu
a stadium, one of the earliest as well as the largest and ost famous, for entertainments.
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Eucharist(Thanksgiving)
Celebration of the Lord's supper in which bread and wine were blessed and consumed
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Persecution of Christians
- Because..
- Christians were ardent missionaries
- Christians had a network of communities throughout the empire
- Christians were secretive about their beliefs and practices
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catholic(Universal)
as an "universal" majority of Christians.
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Orthodox("Correct")
as in "correct" faith in Christianity
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heretics
"Takers" of contrary positions, namely in Christianity.
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