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6️⃣ Week 6 Certamen Flashcards

1
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Who allegedly saw a burning cross with the phrase in hoc signo vinces in the sky before attacking Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge?

A

Constantine

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What praetorian prefect who supplanted Gordian III ruled Rome during Rome’s 1000th anniversary?

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Philip the Arab

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3
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At what battle in 312 AD did the usurper Constantine defeat Maxentius?

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Milvian Bridge / Saxa Rubra

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What half-vandal soldier served as magister equitum for Theodosius and regent for his young son Honorius?

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Stilicho

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5
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What general earned the title “Last of the Romans” after his defeat of Attila in 451 BC?

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Aetius

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What emperor issued an edict of maximum prices in 301 AD?

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Diocletian

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What emperor lived a life of leisure while his father ruled the empire, and continued to do so in Campania after he was deposed by Odoacer?

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Romulus Augustulus

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Who was the last emperor to rule a united Roman Empire?

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Theodosius I

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9
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At what battle in 260 AD did Valerian become the first emperor captured alive in battle?

A

Edessa

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What emperor permanently disbanded the praetorian guard?

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Constantine

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Which Tetrarch moved the Eastern capital of the empire to Nicomedia?

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Diocletian

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What emperor attempted to secure the pax deorum by performing the first systematic prosection of Christians throughout the empire?

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Decius

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After chasing him around the Bosphorus, where in September of 324 A.D. did the forces of Constantine finally defeat Licinius?

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Chrysopolis

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Where did Constantine summon an ecumenical council to solve the religious differences in the Christian church?

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Nicaea

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Who, seventeen or eighteen at the time, obtained control of the East, while his ten-year-old brother became the Western Emperor in 395AD?

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Arcadius

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What emperor was referred to as the “Apostate” because of his attempt to restore Paganism as the state religion?

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Julian

17
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What Roman count (comes) checked Atila and the Huns at the Battle of Catalaunian Plain?

A

Aetius

18
Q

After what battle in 324 AD did Constantine emerge as sole emperor?

A

Chrysopolis

19
Q

Who was mercifully apppointed as Corrector Lucaniae after the fall of the Imperium Galliarum in 273 AD?

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Tetricus

20
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Where did Constantine and Licinius meet in 313 AD so that Licinius could marry Constantia and the two men could make an agreement on religious toleration?

A

Milan

21
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At what battle of 378 AD was the emperor Valens killed in battle?

A

Adrianople

22
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Where on August 9, 378 AD was a Roman emperor killed in battle against the gothic chieftan Fritigern?

A

Adrianople

23
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Who divided the empire into twleve dioceses?

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Diocletian

24
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What emperor succeeded an Apostate and restored Christianity as the official state religion?

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Jovian

25
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What event in 325 AD saw 300 bishops gathered to settle a dispute between the Arian Heresy and the Athanasians?

A

Council of Nicaea

26
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Who was the last Western Roman emperor?

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Romulus Augustulus

27
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What emperor was baptized on his deathbed in 337 AD?

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Constantine

28
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What Germanic Chieftan sacked Rome in 476 AD and deposed Romulus Augustulus?

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Odoacer

29
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Who was the first emperor from the Equestrian rank?

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Macrinus

30
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What mistress of Commodus took part in the plot that ultimately killed him in 192 A.D?

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Marcia

31
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What emperor could allegedly hit an ostrich with a javelin at 50 paces and could frequently be seen in the arena dressed as Hercules?

A

Commodus

32
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What two brothers succeeded Septimius Severus?

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Caracalla and Geta

33
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What son of Marcus Aurelius ruled from 180-192 A.D?

A

Commodus

34
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Who reigned as emperor from 222-235 A.D?

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Severus Alexander

35
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What Syrian woman was the wife of Septimius Severus?

A

Julia Domna

36
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What senator purchased the empire at an auction for 25,000 sesterces?

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Didius Julianus

37
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Who ruled from 211 and 217 A.D?

A

Caracalla

38
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What son of Julia Soaemias ruled from 218-222 A.D. and identified himself with the Syrian sun god Elagabal?

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Elagabalus/Heliogabalus/Varius Avitus

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