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Who was the first emperor of Rome?
3. Pythagoras is best remembered for his work, in which subject?
4. Why did Kronos swallow his children?
5. According to Plato, what are the two ways tyrants keep their power?
6. According to Pericles, what type of government did Athenians value?
7. What do Greek and Roman myths suggest about their gods?
8. How did Christianity spread after Jesus’s death?
9. How did Emperor Diocletian’s decision to divide the empire weaken Rome?
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1. Augustus (Octavian) — he became Rome’s first emperor in 27 BCE.
3. Mathematics (especially geometry) — Pythagoras is best remembered for the Pythagorean theorem.
4. Because of a prophecy that one of his children would overthrow him, Kronos (Cronus) swallowed them to try to prevent it.
5. Plato argued tyrants keep power in two basic ways: winning or buying popular support (flattery, largesse, entertainments) and using force/terror (guards, executions, suppression of opponents).
6. Pericles praised and valued Athenian democracy — a government based on citizen participation, equality before the law, and public service.
7. Greek and Roman myths portray their gods as powerful but anthropomorphic — they have human emotions, flaws, and rivalries and intervene directly in human affairs.
8. Christianity spread through the missionary work of the apostles (notably Paul), the establishment of local house churches, use of common languages and urban networks, Roman roads and Pax Romana for travel, and the example/martyrdom of believers; later imperial conversion sped wider adoption.
9. Diocletian’s division (the Tetrarchy) made administration easier short-term but weakened Rome long-term by creating separate power centers, increasing bureaucracy and military costs, encouraging rivalry between East and West, and reducing the empire’s overall unity and ability to respond as a single state.
3. Mathematics (especially geometry) — Pythagoras is best remembered for the Pythagorean theorem.
4. Because of a prophecy that one of his children would overthrow him, Kronos (Cronus) swallowed them to try to prevent it.
5. Plato argued tyrants keep power in two basic ways: winning or buying popular support (flattery, largesse, entertainments) and using force/terror (guards, executions, suppression of opponents).
6. Pericles praised and valued Athenian democracy — a government based on citizen participation, equality before the law, and public service.
7. Greek and Roman myths portray their gods as powerful but anthropomorphic — they have human emotions, flaws, and rivalries and intervene directly in human affairs.
8. Christianity spread through the missionary work of the apostles (notably Paul), the establishment of local house churches, use of common languages and urban networks, Roman roads and Pax Romana for travel, and the example/martyrdom of believers; later imperial conversion sped wider adoption.
9. Diocletian’s division (the Tetrarchy) made administration easier short-term but weakened Rome long-term by creating separate power centers, increasing bureaucracy and military costs, encouraging rivalry between East and West, and reducing the empire’s overall unity and ability to respond as a single state.
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