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Question 1

Tiberius date of birth

Answer 1

42 bc

Question 2

Tiberius’ attitude

Answer 2

Hated being emporer

Question 3

Minor conspiracy against Tiberius

Answer 3

Scribonius libo drussus-16
Gaius Sirius- 24

Question 4

Tiberius’ son

Answer 4

Drussus 2

Question 5

Tiberius’ first heir

Answer 5

Germanicus

Question 6

Tiberius’ rhine revolt

Answer 6

Quelled by germanicus and drussus 2 14-16ad germanicus gets massive triumph in 17 ad and a consulship in 18

Question 7

Germanicus’ death

Answer 7

When he returned to Syria from Egypt rumor says that calpurnius piso poisoned him agrippina the elder widow of germanicus blames Tiberius

Question 8

Drussus consulship

Answer 8

21

Question 9

Drussus 2’s death

Answer 9

In 23 ad leading to Nero and drussus 3 (sons of agrippina) being recognized as heirs

Question 10

Aelius sejanus

Answer 10

Tiberius’ praetorian prefect, basically emporer palapatine

Question 11

29ad internal affairs

Answer 11

Agrippina exiled with Nero and drussus at the order of sejanus via Tiberius

Question 12

Sejanus 23

Answer 12

Becomes effective master of the city via his praetorian guard’s intimidation

Question 13

Sejanus 26

Answer 13

Convinces Tiberius to stay on Capra forever

Question 14

Sejanus revealed

Answer 14

Antonia tattles

Question 15

Sejanus’ downfall

Answer 15

Sutorius macro takes control of the praetorians and vigiles and traps sejanus while in a senate meeting presided by Memmius regulus where he thought he was to be made heir but was instead sentenced to death

Question 16

The death of agrippina the elder

Answer 16

Her and her sons save Gaius who was imprisoned on Capri were executed

Question 17

Murderer of drussus 2

Answer 17

Sejanus

Question 18

Tiberius’ reign of terror

Answer 18

Became hugely suspicious after the affair with sejanus and wildly prosecuted treason

Question 19

The end of tiberius’ reign

Answer 19

Spent on capri untill his death in 37 his powers falling to germanicus’ son Gaius by default who will hereafter be referred to a Caligula [

Question 20

Caligula’s early reign

Answer 20

Great, games abound, taxes reduced, exiles rescinded, praetorians given double their promised bounty, and good finances maintained

Question 21

Caligula’s latter reign

Answer 21

After a stroke in 37, he colloquially speaking, went off the rails of the metaphorical crazy train, he killed macro and Tiberius gemmellus, he squandered money, tried to be defied in life, made his horse inctatus consul etc.

Question 22

The first conspiricy on Caligula

Answer 22

Led by lentulus gaetulicus sought to make aemilius Lepidus emporer in Caligula’s place caused the exile of agrippina the younger and Julia

Question 23

Caligula’s death

Answer 23

Cassius chaehrea executes Caligula while acting as his praetorian prefect and than pits Claudius in charge 41

Question 24

Claudius’ age at assension

Answer 24

50

Question 25

Claudius’ appearance

Answer 25

Ugly, had a stutter

Question 26

Claudius’ final two wives

Answer 26

Manipulative and dangerous

Question 27

Cammilus scribonianus

Answer 27

Led a conspiracy against Claudius as governor of Dalmatia with the help of annius vinicianus

Question 28

C. Silius and Claudius

Answer 28

In 48 the former out of lover for messalina attempted a coup, thwarted by narcissus

Question 29

Claudius’ first heir

Answer 29

Brittanicus, son of messalina

Question 30

The succession of Claudius

Answer 30

Agrippina supplants Britainicus with Nero with the help of burrus

Question 31

Claudius’ death

Answer 31

54 ad

Question 32

Claudius and the Jewish

Answer 32

Allowed freedom of religion but prevented meetings in Rome and eventually expelled them from Rome

Question 33

Nero’s age at accenssion

Answer 33

16

Question 34

Nero’s regent

Answer 34

A point of contention between senaca the younger, burrus, and agrippina

Question 35

Brittanicus’ death

Answer 35

After agrippina almost favors him Nero gas him killed

Question 36

Nero and pompeia Sabina

Answer 36

She was wife of Otho and was not supported by agrippina who favored Octavia, a better political match, and so with the help of senaca and burrus got Nero to have his mother killed in 59

Question 37

Anicetus

Answer 37

Killer of agrippina, first tried to have her drown then just stabbed her in 59ad

Question 38

The games of Nero

Answer 38

Established new holidays, iuvenalia and neronia, celebrated with games In The style of the Greek Olympic Gamesand involving his public singing

Question 39

The end of Nero’s good times

Answer 39

Burrus dies in 62 and senaca retires they are replaced by the prefect tigellinus

Question 40

The divorce of Octavia

Answer 40

Nero divorces her and bannishes/executes her on trumped up charges of adultery with ancitus after Seneca’s retirement

Question 41

Nero’s second wife

Answer 41

Poppeia Sabina ex of Otho

Question 42

Tigellinus

Answer 42

Incompetent evil enabler of nero

Question 43

Nero’s tour of Greece

Answer 43

Despite alligatations of mass profligacy he goes on an arts tour of Greece from 67-68 ad which neat;y bankrupted the empire

Question 44

Tigellinus’ reign of terrors

Answer 44

proscriptions forced suicides including senaca and Petronius - standered fare

Question 45

Great fire of Rome

Answer 45

Nero actually does an ok job at managing it but he also builds a massive pleasure palace called the domus aurea which sours public opinion

Question 46

Nero and Christianity

Answer 46

He blamed them for the fire and burned them at the stake

Question 47

Paetius thrasia

Answer 47

A stoic philosopher killed in 66 ad by Nero for “occasional veiled criticism” of Nero

Question 48

Cn. Domitius corubolo

Answer 48

General that Nero put to death without trial