HST 211 exam 1 questions with answers
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dates of Roman empire - correct answer ✔✔27 BC- 476 BCE
Goths - correct answer ✔✔semi nomadic barbarians
Arian Christians
not naked savages
what do goths want - correct answer ✔✔security, reliable source of food, good treatment by
roman authorities
strategies of goths to get what they want from Romans - correct answer ✔✔negotiation and
intimidation
alaric - correct answer ✔✔king of goths (395)
served in the roman army --> knew them well
negotiated with emperors and generals
when was the beginning of the new era - correct answer ✔✔300
importance of sources - correct answer ✔✔always biased
gives personal accounts
what was the time span the goths tried to negotiate with romans - correct answer ✔✔395-410
,--> hard to know who to talk to
sack of 410 - correct answer ✔✔goths kept moving west seeking to negotiate
pillaged for leverage
sacked city and left for africa (never made it)
significance of sack of 410 - correct answer ✔✔-shocked contemporaries
-showed desperation of barbarians and weakness of romans (sign of instability and decline)
-blame game on christians --> religious diversions and anxiety
-sense among contemporaries that world was ending
ROMAN EMPIRE SURVIVED
when did constantine inherit claim to be emperor - correct answer ✔✔306
when was civil war between constantine and maxentius - who won - correct answer ✔✔312
max drowned in tiber, constantine became sole emperor in 325
when was constantine baptized - correct answer ✔✔on death bed --> a common practice
Roman sun god - correct answer ✔✔'sol invictus'
-patron deity of soldiers
-constantine had vision of sol in 310
--> minted coins of sol after 312
Constantines victory arch - correct answer ✔✔-dedicated in 315
-no christian symbols, but mentions some divine right
, -lots of praise for constantine
Constantines faith - correct answer ✔✔-constant reference to sol invictus and other pagan
deities
-ambiguous
historian theories about constantines faith - correct answer ✔✔-confused jesus/sol invictus
-added christian god to his collection of roman gods
how constantine treated other religions - correct answer ✔✔-new laws favorable to christianity
-new attitude towards christian clergy
-no hostility towards old roman religion
edict of milan (313) - correct answer ✔✔-written by constantine and co emperor
-main concern was public welfare and security
-christians free to worship openly
edict of toleration (311) - correct answer ✔✔-constantine not the first to allow christianity
-Galarius (had not always tolerated)
- allowed for toleration of christians and to worship openly
-pray empire and emperor
why was christianity illegal before 311 - correct answer ✔✔-romes future depended on gods,
wanted them on their side
-christians refused to worship roman gods (monotheistic)
--> many put to death
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dates of Roman empire - correct answer ✔✔27 BC- 476 BCE
Goths - correct answer ✔✔semi nomadic barbarians
Arian Christians
not naked savages
what do goths want - correct answer ✔✔security, reliable source of food, good treatment by
roman authorities
strategies of goths to get what they want from Romans - correct answer ✔✔negotiation and
intimidation
alaric - correct answer ✔✔king of goths (395)
served in the roman army --> knew them well
negotiated with emperors and generals
when was the beginning of the new era - correct answer ✔✔300
importance of sources - correct answer ✔✔always biased
gives personal accounts
what was the time span the goths tried to negotiate with romans - correct answer ✔✔395-410
,--> hard to know who to talk to
sack of 410 - correct answer ✔✔goths kept moving west seeking to negotiate
pillaged for leverage
sacked city and left for africa (never made it)
significance of sack of 410 - correct answer ✔✔-shocked contemporaries
-showed desperation of barbarians and weakness of romans (sign of instability and decline)
-blame game on christians --> religious diversions and anxiety
-sense among contemporaries that world was ending
ROMAN EMPIRE SURVIVED
when did constantine inherit claim to be emperor - correct answer ✔✔306
when was civil war between constantine and maxentius - who won - correct answer ✔✔312
max drowned in tiber, constantine became sole emperor in 325
when was constantine baptized - correct answer ✔✔on death bed --> a common practice
Roman sun god - correct answer ✔✔'sol invictus'
-patron deity of soldiers
-constantine had vision of sol in 310
--> minted coins of sol after 312
Constantines victory arch - correct answer ✔✔-dedicated in 315
-no christian symbols, but mentions some divine right
, -lots of praise for constantine
Constantines faith - correct answer ✔✔-constant reference to sol invictus and other pagan
deities
-ambiguous
historian theories about constantines faith - correct answer ✔✔-confused jesus/sol invictus
-added christian god to his collection of roman gods
how constantine treated other religions - correct answer ✔✔-new laws favorable to christianity
-new attitude towards christian clergy
-no hostility towards old roman religion
edict of milan (313) - correct answer ✔✔-written by constantine and co emperor
-main concern was public welfare and security
-christians free to worship openly
edict of toleration (311) - correct answer ✔✔-constantine not the first to allow christianity
-Galarius (had not always tolerated)
- allowed for toleration of christians and to worship openly
-pray empire and emperor
why was christianity illegal before 311 - correct answer ✔✔-romes future depended on gods,
wanted them on their side
-christians refused to worship roman gods (monotheistic)
--> many put to death
