Administration

Question 1

Augustus - Courts

Answer 1

• ex consul in charge of business in each province
• thorough & leniant with administering justice -> may have based decisions on personal opinion
• SUET

Question 2

Tiberius’ crackdown on crime

Answer 2

stationed more soldiers throughout the city & punished revolters harshly
-SUET

Question 3

Claudius’ reforms on courts

Answer 3

gave more power to the senate and ensured cases were decided fairly by employing qualified people
-TACITUS

Question 4

How did Vespasian deal with over load of court cases?

Answer 4

chose commissioners by lot to deal with it and used court of 100 as emergency solution
-SUET

Question 5

Domitians brutality

Answer 5

• could be called out for anything under his rule
• killed any threats
• degraded friends of father & brother
• DIO

Question 6

what did Augustus focus on in terms of adoring the city?

Answer 6

functionality over beauty

• ensured water supply, sewage system etc
• STRABO

Question 7

Augustus’ reforms on the water supply?

Answer 7

-put Agrippa in charge
-couldn’t take water from public supply without licence
-gang of slaves maintained water sources
FRONTINUS

Question 8

How did Augustus deal with famine?

Answer 8

• sent senators out of city
• rationed food supply
• forbid public banquets
• had ex consuls distribute food
• DIO, RG

Question 9

What did Augustus give to the plebeians?

Answer 9

Grain and money, at his own expense

-RG

Question 10

what did Gaius do with the water supply?

Answer 10

Extended it into the hills

-PLINY

Question 11

what happened to claudius during a drought and how did he deal with it?

Answer 11

mobs abused him and threw bread at him

• he built harbour at Ostia, drained fucine lake, payed merchants lost profits and built more trade ships
• SUET

Question 12

How did Domitian deal with grain shortage?

Answer 12

stopped distribution of grain to citizens and ordered destruction of vineyards to focus on grain (didn’t go through with it)
-SUET

Question 13

How did Augustus deal with fire prevention?

Answer 13

• divided city into regions&wards each under control of officials
• nightwatch men
• restored destroyed areas
• SUET

Question 14

Tiberius’ dealing with fire?

Answer 14

• funded revival & re embursed home owners

- SUET

Question 15

How did Claudius deal with fires?

Answer 15

• offered money for help
• cohorts at Putoli and Osita
• SUET

Question 16

Main source for Nero and the great fire of Rome

Answer 16

TACITUS

Question 17

how did Vespasian deal with fire?

Answer 17

allowed anyone to build on destroyed areas and helped clear debris
-SUETONIUS

Question 18

What did Domitian do after a fire?

Answer 18

restored buildings, rebranded with own name

-SUET

Question 19

How well did Tiberius keep public order?

Answer 19

neglected state affairs, left spain and syria without consular governments
-SUET

Question 20

Caligulas frivolity with money?

Answer 20

• generous
• funded interests (such as acting)
• drained public treasury
• DIO

Question 21

Domitians treatment of immorality

Answer 21

• harsh with justice
• aimed to ‘correct public morals -> brutal punishments
• SUET

Question 22

How did Domitian get money to put on balls and banquets?

Answer 22

• murdered men
• falsely charged men
• forcefully took taxes
• DIO