THE ROMAN EMPIRE

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  1. 5. he was probably the most famous Greek writer in the Roman Empire.
  2. 7. he favored the old republic over life under the self-centered emperors.
  3. 8. Maximus “Greatest priest”
  4. 10. Aurelius a scholar, philosopher, administrator.
  5. 11. tutor of the emperor Nero.
  6. 13. center of worship.
  7. 16. theory was based on a false assumption that went unchallenged for fourteen centuries.
  8. 19. Romona “Roman Peace”
  9. 21. a systematic philosophy.
  10. 23. was Christian to be martyr
  11. 24. wrote most of the New Testament
  12. 25. was also known as Octavian
Down
  1. 1. he recognized the importance of God’s law.
  2. 2. was built by the Romans to supply water to their citizens/
  3. 3. wrote bitter satires.
  4. 4. wrote a lengthy history of Rome.
  5. 5. “first citizen”
  6. 6. became the “poet of the August Age”
  7. 9. he wrote about mythology and love.
  8. 12. was probably the greatest exponent of the Epicureanism in the Roman worl.
  9. 14. (in ancient Rome) a person, often a slave or captive, who was armed with a sword or other weapon and compelled to fight to the death in a public arena against another person or a wild animal, for the entertainment of the spectators.
  10. 15. Pilate charging that Christ had disrupted the state.
  11. 16. Greek physician and writer on medicine.
  12. 17. group of people that made assumptions.
  13. 18. A Roman emperor
  14. 19. he promoted the theory that the earth was the center of the universe.
  15. 20. often called “Homer of Rome”
  16. 22. Christ our Savior.