At the time of Nero, what man were Romans "supposed" to worship?
The One True God
The Emperor
King Herod
Pontius Pilate
What words were spelled out in Constantine's vision?
Follow Jesus Christ.
Don't be a wimp.
Love the Lord your God.
By this sign, you will be victor.
Name one way Christians may have been punished
Prison or forced to fight wild animals
Why did Nero need someone to blame for the fire?
People were unhappy with Nero after the fire. He was a bad emperor.
Where was Nero when Rome burned?
At a party at a house in the countryside.
What did Constantine do about the capital city of the Roman Empire?
He moved the capital to Washington DC.
He moved the capital to Jerusalem.
He refurbished Rome.
He built a new capital city named Constantinople.
Who is considered the father of the nation of Israel?
Jesus
Paul
Abraham
Joseph
Who ruled over the Jews during the time of Jesus' life?
The Romans
What god did Constantine worship first?
Apollo
Why did he stop persecuting Christians?
He didn't think people should be jailed for the god they wor
Christians paid him large sums of money.
Monks came to talk to him and he listened.
He was already a Christian from childhood
Who did Nero blame for starting the fire?
Christians
What happened to Constantine's beliefs after the battle of Milvian Bridge?
He became a Christian
What city did the Romans destroy in 70AD?
Jerusalem
Constantinople
Babylon
Ur
True or False Christians worshipped the emperor in Rome as well as Jesus
False
Where did Christians have their meetings?
Underground in the catacombs they dug themselves
What did Nero do when he heard about fire?
Died on the spot
Raced back to Rome and organized fire fighters
Ordered messenger away and continued the party
Cried tears of sympathy and sent help
True or False Constantine and his army won the battle of Milvian Bridge.
True (this was the battle after his vision)
Why did the Jews attack the Romans?
They didn't want to pay taxes or obey the Romans
The Romans weren't building good enough roads
They wanted their own leader to become Caesar
The emperor wasn't as good of a god as the Almighty
What happened to the Jewish people after they rebelled against Rome?
They took up high positions in the Roman government
They ceased to exist anywhere.
They were scattered throughout the world.
They dug below Jerusalem and made an underground city
How do people think the fire in Rome started?
A coal from a fire catching some dry stuff/ Nero may have been behind it.
What did Constantine see a vision of and when?
A cross made out of light before a big difficult battle.
Jesus himself.
A church building on a hill.
The throne of God in heaven.
What secret symbol did the Christians use?
Tree
Cross
Fish
Bible