A Short History of the Middle Ages (Chapter One) – Rosenwein study guide

Spain, England, Wales, France, Belgium, Balkans, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt - Correct Answer During the Third Century, what nations did the Roman Empire encompass? Livelier - Correct Answer The empire was never __________ than at its reputed end. Emperor Diocletian - Correct Answer Who divided the Empire into four parts? Barbarians - Correct Answer Who were the heirs of the Roman Empire? 450-600 - Correct Answer When did the Barbarian transformation happen? Barbarians - Correct Answer What group attacked Rome from the North? Persians - Correct Answer What group attacked Rome from the East? Expanded Army - Correct Answer How did Rome respond to attacks from the Barbarians and Persians? 252-267 - Correct Answer When did smallpox ravage the Roman Empire? Lower birthrate - Correct Answer What accompanied the smallpox pandemic that caused harm to the empire? Crisis of the Third Century - Correct Answer Refers not only to the wars that the Empire had to fight on its borders but also to a political succession crisis that saw more than twenty men claim, then lose with their lives, the title of emperor between the years 235 and 284. Emperor Maximilian - Correct Answer Who turned Milan into the capital city ? Inflated Currency - Correct Answer What did the Roman government do to fund Military endeavors? Raise Taxes - Correct Answer How did the Roman government combat inflation? Palestine - Correct Answer What region became a hotbed for the birth of religious ideologies? Add Roman Gods to Pantheons - Correct Answer The Romans didn't insist on people giving up their faith... they simple called for them to do what? Elect - Correct Answer Christianity replaced the "Elite" with what? Poor - Correct Answer Christianity generally attracted who? Equals - Correct Answer In the church, Christians were counted as what? Christians - Correct Answer The Romans feared the gods were taking wrath on the empire because of who's failure to sacrifice? 313 - Correct Answer When was the Edict of Milan made? Edict of Milan - Correct Answer What edict legalized Christianity? Christianity - Correct Answer The Edict of Milan helped give rise to what? Constantine - Correct Answer Who was the first emperor who appeared to convert to Christianity? Edict of Thessalonica - Correct Answer What edict outlawed all cult religions apart from Christianity? 380 - Correct Answer When was the Edict of Thessalonica made? 4-5th Century - Correct Answer When did Christians begin to argue over Doctrine? Saint Athanasius - Correct Answer Who led the challenge against the Christians next door? Arians - Correct Answer What did they called the "Christians Next Door"? Arians - Correct Answer Who believed that Jesus was not fully God, or fully human, but something in between. Era of Competing Doctrines - Correct Answer 350-450 might be called the what? Saint Augustine - Correct Answer This saint believed that people were not capable of doing any good, but that any good they did was the grace of God working through them. 354-430 - Correct Answer When did Saint Augustine live? City of Man and City of God - Correct Answer What were the name of the two cities that Saint Augustine talked about? Eucharist - Correct Answer Christians believed that taking this would join them to the past saints and to Christ himself.