704 Quiz 1 Flashcards
Who was the first Plebeian to become Emperor?
Vespasian
Which triumvirate was formed by Julias Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus?
First Triumvirate
Gauls were eventually considered citizens of…?
Rome
What dynasty in the east built/extended the Forbidden City and the Great wall of China?
The Ming Dynasty
During Pax Romana, what improved?
manufactoring and agriculture
Which triumvirate took control of the government and forced the Senate to make changes?
First Triumvirate
Who was patient, lived simply, was well supported by the Senate?
Ceasar Augustus or Octavian
Who was cruel, capable, and started the official persecution of Christians?
Domitian
Who blamed Christians for starting the fire in Rome?
Nero
Who wrote ‘The Aeneid”
Virgil
Who was emperor when Christ was born?
Ceasar Augustus (Octavian)
Who rebuilt Carthage, improved the calendar, and conquered Gaul?
Julius Ceasar
Nero’s persecution of Christians caused other Romans to feel how about Christians?
have pity on them
Pax Romana means what?
Roman Peace
Who encouraged senators to work with plebeians?
Cicero
Who died after just two years of ruling?
Titus
Which triumvirate marked the end of the Roman Republic?
Second Triumvirate
Horace and Virgil were what?
Poets
Horace and Virgil were what?
Poets
The right to be considered innocent until proven guilty is a modern Western Law based on what?
Ancient Roman law
Livy, Plutarch, Tacitus were what?
Historians
Julias Caesar was assassinated by who?
the senators
Roman culture united the Mediterranean world by what four things?
1) common language 2) common currency 3) fair laws 4) good roads
Which triumvirate was formed by three men, including Octavian?
Second Triumvirate
Who united Rome after breaking up the second triumvirate?
Octavian (Caesar Augustus)
In order, what were the descendants of Julius Caesar?
Augustus > Tiberius > Caligula > Claudius > Nero
During the Pax Romana what conditions were there?
Prosperity, security, and fewer wars
Which triumvirate resulted in a war?
Both the first and second triumvirates
Before Christ what happened to the rich and poor?
The rich became richer and the poor became poorer
Before Christ, conditions in Rome where what?
corrupt, overcrowded, and dangerous
