Deck 11: The Creation of the Late Roman Empire 284-337

Question 1

The Edict of ______ legally recognized the Christian church as a lawful institution throughout the empire.

A) Arles
B) Nicaea
C) Toleration
D) Milan

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Those who met with Diocletian were obliged to perform proskynesis, the act of ______.

A) always looking upwards, and not at the emperor himself
B) prostrating oneself face down on the floor
C) remaining at least ten paces from the emperor
D) holding one's empty hands up, with palms facing the emperor

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which of the following was not one of the problems faced by Diocletian when he assumed the throne?

A) The resurgent influence of an independently minded Senate
B) An army that was hard to control
C) A failing economy
D) The lack of a consistent, effective method for choosing emperors

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which of the following was not one of the official offices of the Christian church, as formalized by the Council of Nicaea?

A) Archbishop
B) Patriarch
C) Vicar
D) Bishop

Question 5

Under Diocletian, the ______ became the most powerful imperial official after the emperor himself.

A) Duke
B) Vicar
C) Praetorian Prefect
D) Proconsul

Question 6

Diocletian split the army up into two basic kinds, the ______ on the frontiers, and the ______ at court and in internal areas.

A) foederati, aquilae
B) legions, maniples
C) legions, Praetorian Guard
D) limetanei, comitatenses

Question 7

Which of the following cities was chosen by Constantine to be the new imperial capital in the east, and was duly renamed Constantinople?

A) Nicomedia
B) Byzantium
C) Aleppo
D) Antioch

Question 8

Constantine executed both ______.

A) his mother Helena and his wife Fausta
B) his son Crispus and his wife Fausta
C) his nephews, Delmatius and Hanniballianus
D) the patriarch of Constantinople and the patriarch of Rome

Question 9

Constantine put the imperial economy on the ______ standard by introducing a new form of the ______.

A) gold, solidus
B) gold, follis
C) silver, denarius
D) silver, follis

Question 10

The belief that Christ the Son was different in substance from, and subordinate to, God the Father is known as ______.

A) Gnosticism
B) Donatism
C) Valerianism
D) Arianism

Question 11

In order to shore up the imperial coinage, Diocletian reformed the imperial tax system so that payment would only be accepted in certain imperial coins.

Question 12

Diocletian receives much of the credit for saving the empire from its third-century crises, but it was Constantine who created the policies and programs that definitively dealt with the empire's problems and charted a new way forward.

Question 13

The titles of the senior and junior emperors in the Tetrarchy, as established by Diocletian, were Augustus and Caesar, respectively.

Question 14

Constantine handled the problem of imperial succession by reinstating the Tetrarchy.

Question 15

Constantine's willingness to oversee the resolution of disputes within the Christian church marked the first step toward what is known as Caesaropapism.