The Good News and Life in the Empire: LHW 16-17

_was emperor of Rome when Jesus Christ was born.

• Julius Caesar

• Tiberius

• Augustus

• Nero

Jesus was born in

• Jerusalem

• Israel

• Egypt

• Palestine

Jesus taught that

• we should love our enemies

• we should give to everyone who asks

• all people are God's children

• God offers mercy; not judgment

The Roman rulers were upset that the followers of Jesus

• built fancy palaces

• wore golden tunics

• were cruel to the poor and downtrodden

• refused to give offerings to the statues of the Roman gods

The emperor Nero

• "fiddled" while Rome burned

• gorged on delicacies

• had his wife, mother, and tutor murdered, along with many other people.

• feared assassination

Christians who were tormented by Nero became

• martyrs

• sapphires

• prophets

• gladiators

The arch of Titus in Rome commemorates the

• conquest of Egypt

• destruction and looting of the temple in Jerusalem

• conquest of Gaul

The Germans were a threat to the Romans because

• they were tall and powerful

• they weren't pampered

• they were loyal to their chieftains

• they were always on the move

Roman troops established outposts and spread Roman culture in what is now

• France

• Germany

• Austria

• Romania

When the Roman empire began to fall apart after 200 CE

• people began to worship Buddha

• more people turned to Christianity

• there were no foreign troops such as Egyptians

• taxes were always paid