5️⃣ Week 5 Certamen Flashcards
Whose revolt in Judaea circa 135 AD was put down by Julius Severus who had to be recalled from Britain?
Simon Bar Cosiba
The ashes of which emperor, a distant relative of the Julio-Claudians, were the last to be placed in the Mausoleum of Augustus in 98 AD?
Nerva
Where did Marcus Aurelius die of plague in 180 A.D?
Vindobonna
Who was the governor of Upper Germany in A.D. 97 when he learned that he had been adopted as the heir of the emperor Nerva?
Trajan
What elderly senator was elected to succeed Domitian in 96 A.D?
Nerva
What name was given to Jersualem after the suppression of the Third Jewish Revolt?
Aelia Capitolina
What emperor built an 80 mile long stone wall in Britain from the Tyne to Clyde?
Hadrian
What domineering mother acted as empress of Rome throughout the reign of her son Severus Alexander?
Julia Mamaea
What man did Hadrian ultimately adopt as his heir?
Antoninus Pius
What latin title meaning “best prince” was bestowed upon Trajan perhaps as early as 100 A.D?
Optimus Princeps
What emperor ruled from 161 to 180 A.D?
Marcus Aurelius
Where did Hadrian build a lavish villa during his reign?
Tibur/Tivoli
Who was the wife of Septimius Severus?
Julia Domna
Which of the five Good Emperors expanded the borders of the empire to their furthest extent?
Trajan
What Dacian capital city falls to Rome in 106 AD?
Sarmizegethusa
Whose last words to his sons were supposedly “agree with each other, enrich the soldiers, and despise everyone else”?
Septimius Severus
Who was the first Roman emperor to wear a beard?
Hadrian
In what year did Trajan decisively defeat Decebalus, leading to the latter’s suicide?
106 A.D
Where did the army of Vitellius under Caecina and Valens defeat the Otho in 69 A.D?
Bedriacum / Cremona
What king of Dacia launched an invasion of Roman territory in 85 A.D?
Decebalus
What emperor first led a campaign against Decebalus and the Dacians?
Domitian
What autocratic title did Domitian prefer over the traditional princeps?
Domnius et Deus
What disaster on August 24th, 79 A.D cast a shadow over the early part of Titus’ reign?
Eruption of Vesuvius/ destruction of Pompeii
What Ampitheather did Titus open during his reign?
Flavian Amphitheater / Colosseum
Which of the emperors of 69 AD committed suicide after being defeated at the First Battle of Bedriacum?
Otho
What future emperor captured Jerusalem in 70 AD?
Titus
Which Imperial Structure depicts in high relief the Jewish menorah and other spoils from the conquest of Jerusalem?
Arch of Titus
