Accession Flashcards
What happened when he heard of Gaius’ murder, what happened afterwards
When he heard of Gaius’ murder he ran to a balcony, and trembling behind the door curtains
A soldier pulled his feet out, claudius clasped his knees.
Carried in a litter to praetorian camp
What issues where there of Claudius becoming emperor
The consuls +approval of the senate+urban cohorts seized the Forum and Capitol. Determined on restoring the Republic.
Claudius was summoned to the senate house, said he was being forcibly detained
How did Claudius become emperor
Crowds surrounded the building demanding a single ruler, expressly a claudius.
What power did Claudius have
Allowed the soldiers to swear allegiance to him, promised every man 15,000 sesterces.
First of the Caesars to purchase the loyalty of his troops.
How did he make the emperorship seem like the only possibility
Obliterated all records of a new constitution
Showed Justice but not weakness
Ordered a general amnesty
Executed a few tribunes and centurions who had conspired against Gaius (they had planned his own murder)
his favourite oath
“By Augustus!”
He honoured Livia
Made the senate decree Livia divine honours +elephant-drawn carriage image to match Augustus’s during ritual processions around the Circus
Livia posthumously given title Augusta (she refused when she was alive)
Positioning of all this peaceful activity
Immediately after the section on his accession is when all the forgiveness and honouring is placed. Makes him seem wonderful
for both his parents
Instituted Public commemorative rites for his parents
for his father
Annual Circus games on his fathers birthday.
Germanicus
kept green his fame
Mark Antony
Honoured Mark Antony (peace giver, even Augustus couldn’t)
For Tiberius
Completed the Marble Arch near Pompey’s theatre (for Tiberius)
For Gaius
Annulled all Gaius’ edicts
Day of his assassination was not to be proclaimed a public festival even though it was the beginning of his own reign.
